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Studying Differential Mental Health Expressions in India
Khushi Shelat, Sunny Rai, Devansh R Jain, Young Min Cho, Maitreyi Redkar, Samindara Sawant, Sharath Chandra Guntuku
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.11477

Studying Differential Mental Health Expressions in India
Psychosocial stressors and the symptomatology of mental disorders are known to vary with socio-cultural environment. Mental health expressions on social media, however, are primarily informed by studies in the WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, and Democratic) contexts. In this paper, we analyze mental health posts on Reddit made by individuals in India, to identify variations in online depression language specific to the Indian context compared to users from the Rest of the World (ROW…