The Relationships of Deteriorating Depression and Anxiety With Longitudinal Behavioral Changes in Google and YouTube Use During COVID-19: Observational Study.

Boyu Zhang Anis Zaman Vincent Michael Bernard Silenzio Henry Kautz Ehsan Hoque

Published in: JMIR mental health (2020)

The results suggested that deteriorating depression and anxiety conditions have strong correlations with behavioral changes in Google Search and YouTube use during the COVID-19 pandemic. Though further studies are required, our results demonstrate the feasibility of using pervasive online data to establish noninvasive surveillance systems for mental health conditions that bypasses many disadvantages of existing screening methods.

Keyphrases

mental health
public health
social media
electronic health record
health information
mental illness
case control
deep learning