Semiparametric STAR model improves mental health data analysis.
problem Overdispersed, zero-inflated, bounded count data in self-reported mental health surveys.
method STAR transformation and rounding of latent Gaussian model, nonparametric transformation estimation, EM algorithm for maximum likelihood.
result Substantial improvements in goodness-of-fit compared to existing models.
Study integrates diverse data sources to predict mental health conditions.
problem Predict individuals' mental health conditions using a heterogeneous network approach.
method Leverage a heterogeneous information network (HIN) to model social interaction, health data, and survey data. Apply recommender system (RS) and node classification (NC) paradigms to predict mental health states.
result RS and NC methods outperform traditional logistic regression models in predicting mental health conditions.
Dynamic topic model improves mental health note analysis for children.
problem Lack of longitudinal topic models for psychiatric clinical notes.
method Developed a dynamic topic model with consistent topics and individualized temporal dependencies.
result Achieved a 38% increase in topic coherence.
Model predicts depression and anxiety from social network dynamics.
problem Predicting mental health from social interactions.
method Developed a predictive model using dynamic social network data.
result Dynamic social network model outperforms static models.
Machine learning detects and classifies cognitive distortions in mental health texts.
problem Detect and classify cognitive distortions in mental health texts to improve treatment.
method Machine learning framework using crowdsourced and therapy dataset.
result Model achieved high F1 scores for detecting and classifying cognitive distortions.
More than two thirds of mental health problems have their onset during childhood or adolescence. Identifying children at risk for mental illness later in life and predicting the type of illness is not easy. We set out to develop a platform to define subtypes of childhood social-emotional development using longitudinal,…
Research uses activity analysis to identify mental health symptoms.
problem Identifying mental health symptoms using objective activity metrics.
method Proposes a framework for mHealth monitoring of psychiatric patients based on physical activity time series.
result Identifies distinct behavioural phenotypes and measures for mood assessment.
AI identifies patient clusters for diabetes case management.
problem Diabetes complications and mental health comorbidities drive high healthcare costs.
method Combined AI techniques with diverse data sources for prediction and clustering.
result 83.5% accuracy in predicting diabetes complications and meaningful patient clusters.
Study shows high-rise buildings in Dhaka affect mental health, especially lower-income residents.
problem Mental health risks due to high-rise buildings in Dhaka.
method Computer vision pipeline to analyze sky visibility, greenery, and colors in streets.
result Lower-income residents suffer more from lack of sky visibility and greenery in their environment.
Bayesian model predicts mental health symptoms from IAT data, improving accuracy over D-score.
problem Limited predictive performance of D-score method for mental health assessment.
method Sparse hierarchical Bayesian model leveraging multi-modal data.
result AUCs of 0.73 (E-IAT) and 0.76 (PSY-IAT) in best modality configurations, significant after FDR correction.
This thesis evaluates text-based vs audio-based classification of mental health interviews.
problem Classifying psychiatric illness using text-based methods.
method Design and evaluate a text classification network on mental health interviews, using belabBERT.
result Text-based classification is a strong alternative to audio-based methods.
There is an increasing interest in exploiting mobile sensing technologies and machine learning techniques for mental health monitoring and intervention. Researchers have effectively used contextual information, such as mobility, communication and mobile phone usage patterns for quantifying individuals' mood and wellbei…
The study predicts how discussions in mental disorder Reddit communities affect users' emotional states.
problem Improving mental health conditions through social support analysis.
method Text embedding techniques and RNNs for predicting emotional tone shifts.
result Users' emotional states can improve due to social support, as evidenced by positive comments following negative posts.
Accurate prediction of suicide risk in mental health patients remains an open problem. Existing methods including clinician judgments have acceptable sensitivity, but yield many false positives. Exploiting administrative data has a great potential, but the data has high dimensionality and redundancies in the recording …
Bayesian model predicts emotion from fitness tracker heartbeat data.
problem Predicting emotional valence from consumer fitness tracker heartbeat data.
method End-to-end Bayesian deep learning model using PPG data.
result Peak F1 score of 0.7 for emotional valence classification.
GP-HD uses genetic programming to generate personalized health models.
problem Creating accurate, personalized health models from large health data.
method Genetic Programming framework to generate parameterized dynamical systems models.
result GP-HD models perform similarly to models based on domain knowledge and outperform LSTM models.
Model predicts cognitive health risks based on smartphone usage patterns.
problem Identifying cognitive health risks through smartphone usage.
method Structured models of smartphone interactions analyzed over 12 weeks.
result AUROC of 0.79 in discriminating between healthy and symptomatic subjects.
Study integrates causal inference and temporal complexity measures to analyze mental health symptoms.
problem Examining how individual symptom trajectories reveal diagnostic patterns in mental disorders.
method Causal inference, graph analysis, temporal complexity measures, machine learning.
result 91% accuracy in diagnosing symptom dynamics, highlighting disorder-specific causal mechanisms.
Approach for modeling EHR data with rare features, improving prediction and interpretation.
problem Challenges in modeling rare binary features in EHR data.
method Tree-guided feature selection and logic aggregation for large-scale regression.
result Improved prediction and model interpretation of suicide risk in EHR data.
In this work we investigate intra-day patterns of activity on a population of 7,261 users of mobile health wearable devices and apps. We show that: (1) using intra-day step and sleep data recorded from passive trackers significantly improves classification performance on self-reported chronic conditions related to ment…
Introduces nondecreasing rank for matrices and tensors, developing methods and applications.
problem Finding low-rank approximations for matrices and tensors with monotonic constraints.
method Developed a variant of hierarchical alternating least squares algorithm for finding low ND rank approximations.
result Low ND rank factorizations can be found and interpreted for real-world datasets.
ED-Filter improves eating disorder classification on Twitter.
problem High dimensionality and extensive feature sets in Twitter data for ED classification.
method Informed branch and bound search technique with hybrid greedy-based deep learning.
result Significant improvements in classification accuracy and efficiency.
Study proposes a decision tree for more accurate depression recognition in speech.
problem Subjective bias in traditional depression diagnosis methods.
method A novel speech segment fusion method based on decision tree.
result The proposed decision tree model improves depression classification performance.
PerSense assesses personality traits from text for commonsense reasoning.
problem Estimating human personality traits from text for mental health analysis.
method Aggregated Probability Density Functions (PDF) and Machine Learning (ML) models.
result PerSense algorithms achieve comparable results to ground truth data, with high accuracy for personality assessment and commonsense prediction.
Paper proposes CBPT for early depression detection on Twitter.
problem Early detection of depression on social media.
method Cost-sensitive Boosting Pruning Trees (CBPT) for depression detection.
result CBPT achieves strong classification results on multiple datasets.
Predicting emotional state from narratives using contextual information.
problem Predicting valence from personal narratives using contextual information.
method Investigated multiple machine learning techniques to model narratives, focusing on textual information.
result Models capture inter-individual differences, leading to more accurate predictions of emotional state.
Framework identifies comorbidities for frequent ED and inpatient visits.
problem Reducing resource usage and costs in frequent patients.
method Developed MSAR algorithm to identify comorbidities.
result MSAR identifies conditions most associated with reoccurring ED and inpatient visits.
Personalized predictive medicine necessitates the modeling of patient illness and care processes, which inherently have long-term temporal dependencies. Healthcare observations, recorded in electronic medical records, are episodic and irregular in time. We introduce DeepCare, an end-to-end deep dynamic neural network t…
Bayesian networks learn sub-population differences from data.
problem Inference from a single network structure can be misleading when data populations are heterogeneous.
method A mixture of Bayesian networks where component probabilities depend on individual characteristics.
result Identifies both network structures and demographic predictors of sub-population membership.
New models automate support group formation in online health communities.
problem Challenges in traditional support group formation methods for scalability, static categorization, and insufficient personalization.
method Two novel machine learning models: gDMR and gSTM, integrating user content, demographics, and network data.
result Models outperform baselines in predictive accuracy, semantic coherence, and internal group consistency.
Recently we developed a new framework in Hirz et al (2015) to model stochastic mortality using extended CreditRisk+ methodology which is very different from traditional time series methods used for mortality modelling previously. In this framework, deaths are driven by common latent stochastic risk factors which may…
Study uses machine learning to detect depression in Twitter users.
problem Detecting depression in Twitter users using social media data.
method Machine learning techniques applied to Twitter activity and tweet features.
result More features improve accuracy in detecting depressed users.
Social media provide a platform for users to express their opinions and share information. Understanding public health opinions on social media, such as Twitter, offers a unique approach to characterizing common health issues such as diabetes, diet, exercise, and obesity (DDEO), however, collecting and analyzing a larg…
Deep learning predicts mental disorders from audio and text samples.
problem Predicting mental disorders from speech samples.
method Multimodal deep learning structure using various pre-trained models for audio and text embeddings, transfer learning, and auxiliary corpora.
result Acceptable accuracy in predicting mental disorders through multimodal analysis.
This research improves interpretability in sequential explanations using mental models.
problem Improving interpretability in sequential explanations between two parties.
method A reinforcement learning framework that selects explanations based on the explainee's mental model.
result Mental model-based policies increase interpretability over random selection in multiple sequential explanations.
Framework integrates mental disorder measurements for personalized treatment.
problem Optimizing treatment for mental disorders with latent mental states and heterogeneity.
method Measurement theory and multi-layer neural network for complex treatment effects.
result Learned treatment policies outperform alternatives on heterogeneous treatment effects.
Detecting depression early from social media texts.
problem Early diagnosis and prevention of depression.
method Topic analysis and learned confidence scores.
result Achieved good results compared to state of the art.
New dataset tests mental rotation from single images, improving model understanding of 3D scenes.
problem Understanding how a scene looks from a different viewpoint using a single image.
method Created CLEVR-MRT dataset, explored neural architectures for volumetric scene representations.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of volumetric representations in answering mental rotation questions.
Estimates statistical shifts across subjects for EEG-based mental workload assessment.
problem Variability in EEG correlates of mental workload across subjects makes model generalization difficult.
method Proposes a strategy to estimate marginal and conditional shifts between multiple data distributions.
result Estimates of statistical shifts can improve mental workload prediction accuracy.
Study uses machine learning to analyze Twitter sentiments about COVID-19.
problem Examining public concerns and sentiments about COVID-19 from Twitter.
method Machine learning (Latent Dirichlet Allocation) to identify topics and sentiments.
result Identified 13 topics and categorized into five themes, revealing dominant fears and mixed feelings.
A framework for goal-based investing with penalties for fund transfers.
problem Investors' mental accounting and multiple investment goals.
method Continuous-time portfolio selection with mental costs and penalties.
result The value function is the unique solution to a complex system of equations.
Sparse GFA identifies disease factors in FTD subgroups.
problem Heterogeneity in neurological disorders hinders understanding and treatment.
method Sparse Group Factor Analysis (GFA) with regularised horseshoe priors.
result Identified latent disease factors differentially expressed in FTD subgroups.
Study identifies mental stress in firefighters using heart rate variability data.
problem Unsupervised identification of mental stress in firefighters from heart rate variability data.
method Exploration and comparison of three unsupervised methods: K-Means, convolutional autoencoders, and LSTM autoencoders.
result Convolutional and LSTM autoencoders successfully stratify stressed versus normal samples using HRV markers.
Automated EEG analysis gauges mental workload in task evaluation.
problem Evaluating mental workload in user tasks, especially complex ones.
method Experimental setup, EEG data analysis, feature extraction, machine learning.
result Machine learning outperforms traditional methods in mental workload estimation.
This work adapts RDT for mental program construction, showing benefits and costs.
problem Applying RDT to mental programs with trade-offs between description length, error, and computational costs.
method Proposed a three-way trade-off and used simulations and partial information decomposition.
result Constructing a shared program library provides global benefits but is sensitive to curricula.
Study reveals biases in facial landmark detection methods for dementia patients.
problem Challenges in facial landmark detection for older adults with dementia.
method Evaluation of seven facial landmark detection methods on frontal, profile, and various face regions.
result Significant performance differences between dementia patients and non-patients, and biases across face regions.
New method uses surrogate outcomes and single-record data to improve suicide risk modeling.
problem Lack of historical information in single-record patients hinders modeling rare medical events.
method Hybrid framework combining supervised and unsupervised learning to integrate concurrent and single-record data.
result Single-record data and concurrent diagnoses provide valuable information for improving suicide risk modeling.
Smartwatch HRV measurements improved with machine learning.
problem Systematic error in HRV measurements from consumer smartwatches.
method Explanatory and predictive modeling using accelerometer data.
result Error in HRV measurements can be minimized by machine learning.