When you're blue, so are your Instagram photos

Wednesday, August 9, 2017 - 09:32 in Psychology & Sociology

Instagram photos can be examined by a computer to successfully detect depressed people, new research shows. The computer results are more reliable (70 percent) than the diagnostic success rate (42 percent) of general-practice doctors. The approach promises a new method for early screening of mental health problems through social media.

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