COVID-19 and Mental Health/Substance Use Disorders on Reddit: A Longitudinal Study

Alambo, Amanuel; Padhee, Swati; Banerjee, Tanvi; Thirunarayan, Krishnaprasad

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-68790-8_2

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“…Aligning with our observations, Alambo et al conducted a longitudinal analysis of postings on various subreddits related to mental health and substance use disorders. Their study found a high correlation between postings in the depression subreddit and the pandemic, indicating a distinct impact on mental health during this period [86].…”

Section: Implications Of Temporal Trends On Mental Health Discoursementioning

confidence: 92%

From Posts to Knowledge: Annotating a Pandemic-Era Reddit Dataset to Navigate Mental Health Narratives

Rani,

Ahmed,

Subramani

2024

Applied Sciences

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Mental illness is increasingly recognized as a substantial public health challenge worldwide. With the advent of social media, these platforms have become pivotal for individuals to express their emotions, thoughts, and experiences, thereby serving as a rich resource for mental health research. This paper is devoted to the creation of a comprehensive dataset and an innovative data annotation methodology to explore the underlying causes of these mental health issues. Our approach included the extraction of over one million Reddit posts from five different subreddits, spanning the pre-pandemic, during-pandemic, and post-pandemic periods. These posts were methodically annotated using a set of specific criteria, aimed at identifying various root causes. This rigorous process produced a richly categorized dataset, invaluable for detailed analysis. The complete unlabelled dataset, along with a subset that has been expertly annotated, is prepared for public release, as outlined in the data availability section. This dataset is a critical resource for training and fine-tuning machine learning models to identify the foundational triggers of individual mental health issues, offering valuable insights for practical interventions and future research in this domain.

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Section: Implications Of Temporal Trends On Mental Health Discoursementioning

confidence: 92%

From Posts to Knowledge: Annotating a Pandemic-Era Reddit Dataset to Navigate Mental Health Narratives

Rani,

Ahmed,

Subramani

2024

Applied Sciences

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“…Peningkatan jumlah kasus COVID-19 membawa dampak buruk bagi mental semua orang termasuk lansia. Hal tersebut disebabkan karena lanjut usia mengalami kesulitan dalam penyesuaian diri dan asing dengan lingkungan sosialnya [1]. Padahal salah satu tugas lanjut usia adalah membentuk hubungan dengan orang-orang yang seusia dan menyesuaikan diri dengan peran sosial.…”

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Minimizing the Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Vulnerable Groups: Elderly and Mental Disorders Through Family Psychoeducation

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2022

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The increase in the number of COVID-19 cases has had a negative impact on everyone's mental health, including vulnerable groups of the elderly and people with mental disorders. This is because the elderly and people with mental disorders have difficulty adjusting and are unfamiliar with their social environment. The purpose of this service is to provide support through family psychoeducation to minimize the psychological impact on vulnerable groups. Lecture and discussion methods are used to increase family knowledge in caring for the elderly and mental disorders. To measure the psychological condition of the vulnerable group, the SRQ-20 questionnaire was used and analyzed statistically (dependent t-test). Role play and simulation methods are used to improve family skills in caring for, managing burdens and utilizing health services. The results showed that there was an influence of psychoeducation on the psychological condition of the elderly with p-value <α (0.04<0.05), and for the mental disorder group it also showed that the treatment given in the form of family psychoeducation therapy gave benefits to psychological conditions with p-value <α (0.00). <0.05). This therapy is proven to be effective because it can provide information on the ability of families experiencing distress, provide education to them to improve their ability to understand and have strong coping so that problems do not occur in family relationships.

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“…Research has shown that social media platforms offer several benefits for studying sensitive topics, such as their round-the-clock availability, anonymity, and immediate and time-delayed responses [4][5][6]. The large-scale and diverse discussions on social media have enabled previous researchers to reveal the topics around substance use, classify and model users' distinct behaviors, and predict the transitions into recovery or addiction relapse [7][8][9][10].…”

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Investigating Substance Use via Reddit: Systematic Scoping Review

Chi,

Chen

2023

J Med Internet Res

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Background Reddit’s (Reddit Inc) large user base, diverse communities, and anonymity make it a useful platform for substance use research. Despite a growing body of literature on substance use on Reddit, challenges and limitations must be carefully considered. However, no systematic scoping review has been conducted on the use of Reddit as a data source for substance use research. Objective This review aims to investigate the use of Reddit for studying substance use by examining previous studies’ objectives, reasons, limitations, and methods for using Reddit. In addition, we discuss the implications and contributions of previous studies and identify gaps in the literature that require further attention. Methods A total of 7 databases were searched using keyword combinations including Reddit and substance-related keywords in April 2022. The initial search resulted in 456 articles, and 227 articles remained after removing duplicates. All included studies were peer reviewed, empirical, available in full text, and pertinent to Reddit and substance use, and they were all written in English. After screening, 60 articles met the eligibility criteria for the review, with 57 articles identified from the initial database search and 3 from the ancestry search. A codebook was developed, and qualitative content analysis was performed to extract relevant evidence related to the research questions. Results The use of Reddit for studying substance use has grown steadily since 2015, with a sharp increase in 2021. The primary objective was to identify tendencies and patterns in various types of substance use discussions (52/60, 87%). Reddit was also used to explore unique user experiences, propose methodologies, investigate user interactions, and develop interventions. A total of 9 reasons for using Reddit to study substance use were identified, such as the platform’s anonymity, its widespread popularity, and the explicit topics of subreddits. However, 7 limitations were noted, including the platform’s low representativeness of the general population with substance use and the lack of demographic information. Most studies use application programming interfaces for data collection and quantitative approaches for analysis, with few using qualitative approaches. Machine learning algorithms are commonly used for natural language processing tasks. The theoretical, methodological, and practical implications and contributions of the included articles are summarized and discussed. The most prevalent practical implications are investigating prevailing topics in Reddit discussions, providing recommendations for clinical practices and policies, and comparing Reddit discussions on substance use across various sources. Conclusions This systematic scoping review provides an overview of Reddit’s use as a data source for substance use research. Although the limitations of Reddit data must be considered, analyzing them can be useful for understanding patterns and user experiences related to substance use. Our review also highlights gaps in the literature and suggests avenues for future research.

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COVID-19 and Mental Health/Substance Use Disorders on Reddit: A Longitudinal Study

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

From Posts to Knowledge: Annotating a Pandemic-Era Reddit Dataset to Navigate Mental Health Narratives

From Posts to Knowledge: Annotating a Pandemic-Era Reddit Dataset to Navigate Mental Health Narratives

Minimizing the Psychological Impact of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Vulnerable Groups: Elderly and Mental Disorders Through Family Psychoeducation

Investigating Substance Use via Reddit: Systematic Scoping Review

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