Applying Natural Language Processing Techniques to Map Trends in Insomnia Treatment Terms on the r/Insomnia Subreddit: Infodemiology Study

Jack A Cummins   ¹ ;   Daniel J Gottlieb   ^{2, 3, 4} , MPH, MD ;   Tamar Sofer   ^{2, 3, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Danielle A Wallace   ^{3, 7} , MPH, PhD

¹ Manchester Essex Regional High School, Manchester, MA, United States

² Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Departments of Medicine and Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States

³ Division of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁴ VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States

⁶ CardioVascular Institute (CVI), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, United States

⁷ Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States