The Use of Natural Language Processing Methods in Reddit to Investigate Opioid Use: Scoping Review.

Journal: JMIR infodemiology
Published Date: Sep 13, 2024

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The growing availability of big data spontaneously generated by social media platforms allows us to leverage natural language processing (NLP) methods as valuable tools to understand the opioid crisis.

Authors

  • Alexandra Almeida
    Scientific Computing Program, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • Thomas Patton
    Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
  • Mike Conway
    Department of Biomedical Informatics, School of Medicine University of Utah 421 Wakara Way Ste 140, Salt Lake City, UT 84108-3514, USA.
  • Amarnath Gupta
    San Diego Supercomputer Center, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
  • Steffanie A Strathdee
    Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.
  • Annick Bórquez
    Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, United States.

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