Machine learning helps researchers understand human psychology and mental illness by identifying patterns in individuals’ word-use that can be predictive of certain conditions.
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MIT Technology Review
The Emerging Science of Computational Psychiatry
Psychiatry, the study and prevention of mental disorders, is currently undergoing a quiet revolution. For decades, even centuries, this discipline has been based largely on subjective observation. Large-scale studies have been hampered by the difficulty of objectively…