Published on in Vol 19, No 7 (2017): July

Assessing Suicide Risk and Emotional Distress in Chinese Social Media: A Text Mining and Machine Learning Study

Assessing Suicide Risk and Emotional Distress in Chinese Social Media: A Text Mining and Machine Learning Study

Assessing Suicide Risk and Emotional Distress in Chinese Social Media: A Text Mining and Machine Learning Study

Qijin Cheng   1 , PhD ;   Tim MH Li   2 , PhD ;   Chi-Leung Kwok   1 , PhD ;   Tingshao Zhu   3 , PhD ;   Paul SF Yip   1 , PhD

1 HKJC Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

2 Department of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (Hong Kong)

3 Institute of Psychology & Insititute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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  • Qijin Cheng, PhD
  • HKJC Center for Suicide Research and Prevention
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