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Automatic detection of eating disorder-related social media posts that could benefit from a mental health intervention.

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Abstract
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Online forums allow people to semi-anonymously discuss their struggles, often leading to greater honesty. This characteristic makes forums valuable for identifying users in need of immediate help from mental health professionals. Because it would be impractical to manually review every post on a forum to identify users in need of urgent help, there may be value to developing algorithms for automatically detecting posts reflecting a heightened risk of imminent plans to engage in disordered behaviors.

Year of Publication
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2019
Journal
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The International journal of eating disorders
Volume
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52
Issue
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10
Number of Pages
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1150-1156
ISSN Number
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0276-3478
URL
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https://doi.org/10.1002/eat.23148
DOI
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10.1002/eat.23148
Short Title
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Int J Eat Disord
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