The Smart Cyber Ecosystem for Sustainable Development

17Extraction of Depression Symptoms From Social Networks

Bhavna Chilwal* and Amit Kumar Mishra

Department of Computer Science and Engineering, DIT University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India

Abstract

Health is a priority for humans. Every person wants to be healthy and fit during his life span. But the inner body cycle is not under the control. There are so many health issues and diseases prevail in this world which affects the working of the human biological system. The medical field has solutions for most of the health problems. As per the growing advancement in technology and living standards, there is also an increase in different health problems. It is believed that the brain in the human body is one of the most important parts and this is the organ that is responsible for the effectiveness of any human. But nowadays, the most common diseases are mental health diseases. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), mental illness has a wide range of problems and these problems have a different combination of symptoms like confused emotions, abnormal thoughts, and fluctuation in behavior. There are many mental disorders by which people are suffering like intellectual disabilities, schizophrenia, and depression. The social network is the irreplaceable thing in today’s life. This is the platform where people share their feelings, views, thoughts with other people by making online conversations. Nowadays, different techniques are focusing on the data which is obtained daily ...