A content analysis of depression-related tweets

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Highlights：

• Many posts about depression on Twitter are supportive/helpful tweets.

• Twitter users also commonly disclose feelings of depression in their tweets.

• Tweets reveal symptoms consistent with the diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder.

• Research is needed on how tweets relate to self-reported depression.

摘要

•Many posts about depression on Twitter are supportive/helpful tweets.•Twitter users also commonly disclose feelings of depression in their tweets.•Tweets reveal symptoms consistent with the diagnosis of Major Depressive Disorder.•Research is needed on how tweets relate to self-reported depression.

论文关键词：Social media,Depression

论文评审过程：Received 29 January 2015, Revised 17 August 2015, Accepted 21 August 2015, Available online 1 September 2015, Version of Record 1 September 2015.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.08.023