Understanding Social Media Discourse on Antidepressants: Unsupervised and Sentiment Analysis using X

Juan Pablo Chart-Pascual; Javier Goena Vives; Francisco Lara; María Montero Torres; Julen Marin Napal; Rodrigo Muñoz; Cielo García Montero; Oscar Fraile Martínez; Miguel Ángel Ortega; Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo; Ana González Pinto; Javier Quintero; Melchor Alvarez-Mon; Miguel Alvarez-Mon

doi:10.1192/j.eurpsy.2025.10

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Understanding Social Media Discourse on Antidepressants: Unsupervised and Sentiment Analysis using X

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 March 2025

Juan Pablo Chart-Pascual: Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Araba University Hospital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Bioaraba Research Institute, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM).
Javier Goena Vives*: Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Basurto University Hospital, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Bilbao, Spain. Biobizkaia Health Research Institute, OSI Bilbao-Basurto, Bilbao, Spain.
Francisco Lara: Affiliation:
Department of Signal Theory and Communications and Telematic Systems and Computing, School of Telecommunications Engineering, Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain.
María Montero Torres: Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Julen Marin Napal: Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Araba University Hospital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Bioaraba Research Institute, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Rodrigo Muñoz: Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor. Madrid. Spain.
Cielo García Montero: Affiliation:
Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain. Immune System Diseases-Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Service, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Oscar Fraile Martínez: Affiliation:
Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain. Immune System Diseases-Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Service, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Miguel Ángel Ortega: Affiliation:
Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain. Immune System Diseases-Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Service, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Gonzalo Salazar de Pablo: Affiliation:
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK. Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón School of Medicine, Universidad Complutense, IiSGM, CIBERSAM, Madrid, Spain.
Ana González Pinto: Affiliation:
Psychiatry Department, Osakidetza Basque Health Service, Araba University Hospital, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. Bioaraba Research Institute, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU. Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM).
Javier Quintero: Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor. Madrid. Spain. Department of Legal and Psychiatry, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
Melchor Alvarez-Mon: Affiliation:
Ramón y Cajal Institute of Sanitary Research (IRYCIS), 28034 Madrid, Spain. Immune System Diseases-Rheumatology and Internal Medicine Service, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, University Hospital Príncipe de Asturias, Alcala de Henares, Spain.
Miguel Alvarez-Mon: Affiliation:
Department of Medicine and Medical Specialties, University of Alcala, Alcalá de Henares, Spain. Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health. Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor. Madrid. Spain.
*: *Corresponding author: Dr. Javier Goena Vives Email address: ([email protected]) Mailing address: Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Avenida Montevideo, 18; Bilbao (Bizkaia), Spain. 48013.

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Keywords

Antidepressants Twitter (X)Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)Esketamine Sentiment analysis

Type: Research Article
Information: European Psychiatry , Accepted manuscript , pp. 1 - 41

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