Presentation 2023-07-13
Improvements in Depression Detection by Applying a Topic Model on Japanese Tweets
Rio Ishibashi, Mondher Bouazizi, Tomoaki Ohtsuki,
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Abstract(in English) Depression is a prevalent mental health disorder that can have a significant impact on an individual's well-being. Therefore, early detection and treatment is crucial for symptom management. Recently, social media platforms have emerged as a valuable source of data for mental health research, and machine learning techniques can be employed to analyze text to identify potential signs of depression. In this study, we present a model for detecting depression based on Twitter data, which has high usage rates in Japan. We utilized the morphological analyzer Juman++ and an LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) topic model to summarize Japanese tweets. User activity information was also integrated into the feature set. By testing morphological analyzers and the number of words in the dictionary, our model made improvements upon previous models [1]. Our analysis of the tweet and user features revealed that individuals with depression tend to tweet about lifestyle, work, and negative mental states. Furthermore, depressed individuals tended to post more tweets during nighttime, possibly indicating the presence of insomnia.
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Keyword(in English) depression detection / Japanese / social media / topic modeling
Paper # SeMI2023-29
Date of Issue 2023-07-05 (SeMI)

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Committee SeMI / RCS / RCC / NS / SR
Conference Date 2023/7/12(3days)
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Place (in English) Osaka University Nakanoshima Center + Online
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Topics (in English) Distributed Wireless Network, M2M (Machine-to-Machine),D2D (Device-to-Device),IoT(Internet of Things), etc
Chair Kazuya Monden(Hitachi) / Kenichi Higuchi(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Shunichi Azuma(Kyoto Univ.) / Tetsuya Oishi(NTT) / Osamu Takyu(Shinshu Univ.)
Vice Chair Yasunori Owada(NICT) / Shunsuke Saruwatari(Osaka Univ.) / Fumihide Kojima(NICT) / Osamu Muta(Kyushu Univ.) / Naoto Ishii(NEC) / Shunichi Azuma(Hokkaido Univ.) / Koji Ishii(Kagawa Univ.) / Takumi Miyoshi(Shibaura Inst. of Tech.) / Kentaro Ishidu(NICT) / Kazuto Yano(ATR) / Shusuke Narieda(Mie Univ.)
Secretary Yasunori Owada(NTT DOCOMO) / Shunsuke Saruwatari(Tokyo Univ. of Agri. and Tech.) / Fumihide Kojima(Univ. of Tokyo) / Osamu Muta(Univ. of Electro-Comm) / Naoto Ishii(Sharp) / Shunichi Azuma(Mitsubishi Electric) / Koji Ishii(CRIEPI) / Takumi Miyoshi(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Kentaro Ishidu(NTT) / Kazuto Yano(Kogakuin Univ.) / Shusuke Narieda(Tokai Univ.)
Assistant Yuki Matsuda(NAIST) / Taku Suzuki(Hitachi) / Takeshi Hirai(Osaka Univ.) / Masashi Iwabuchi(NTT) / Issei Kanno(KDDI Research) / Yuyuan Chang(Tokyo Inst. of Tech) / Kazuki Maruta(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Kiichi Tateishi(NTT Docomo) / SHAN LIN(NICT) / Ryosuke Adachi(Yamaguchi Univ.) / Hiroshi Yamamoto(NTT) / Taichi Ohtsuji(NEC) / WANG Xiaoyan(Ibaraki Univ.) / Akemi Tanaka(MathWorks) / Katsuya Suto(Univ. of Electro-Comm)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Sensor Network and Mobile Intelligence / Technical Committee on Radio Communication Systems / Technical Committee on Reliable Communication and Control / Technical Committee on Network Systems / Technical Committee on Smart Radio
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Improvements in Depression Detection by Applying a Topic Model on Japanese Tweets
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) depression detection
Keyword(2) Japanese
Keyword(3) social media
Keyword(4) topic modeling
1st Author's Name Rio Ishibashi
1st Author's Affiliation Keio University(Keio Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Mondher Bouazizi
2nd Author's Affiliation Keio University(Keio Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Tomoaki Ohtsuki
3rd Author's Affiliation Keio University(Keio Univ.)
Date 2023-07-13
Paper # SeMI2023-29
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) SeMI-110
Page pp.pp.34-39(SeMI),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-07-05 (SeMI)