Temporal prediction of suicidal ideation in an ecological momentary assessment study with recurrent neural networks.

Journal: Journal of affective disorders
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Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) holds promise for providing insights into daily life experiences when studying mental health phenomena. However, commonly used mixed-effects linear statistical models do not fully utilize the richness of the ultidimensional time-varying data that EMA yields. Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) provide an alternative data analytic method to leverage more information and potentially improve prediction, particularly for non-normally distributed outcomes.

Authors

  • Tse-Hwei Choo
    Mental Health Data Science Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States of America; Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America. Electronic address: tse.hwei@nyspi.columbia.edu.
  • Melanie Wall
    Mental Health Data Science Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States of America; Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America.
  • Beth S Brodsky
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America; Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States of America.
  • Sarah Herzog
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America; Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States of America.
  • J John Mann
    Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
  • Barbara Stanley
    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America; Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States of America.
  • Hanga Galfalvy
    Mental Health Data Science Division, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, United States of America; Department of Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America; Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, United States of America.