Sentiment Analysis for PTSD Signals

• Main Authors: Kagan, Vadim (Author), Rossini, Edward (Author), Sapounas, Demetrios (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Database management.; Artificial intelligence.; Psychology.; Computer Science.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Database Management.; Psychology, general.

This book describes a computational framework for real-time detection of psychological signals related to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in online text-based posts, including blogs and web forums. Further, it explores how emerging computational techniques such as sentiment mining can be used...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Introduction to PTSD Signals
• Data Source
• Text Analytics
• Scoring Engine
• System Overview
• Conclusions.