Summary of An Exploratory Deep Learning Approach For Predicting Subsequent Suicidal Acts in Chinese Psychological Support Hotlines, by Changwei Song et al.
An Exploratory Deep Learning Approach for Predicting Subsequent Suicidal Acts in Chinese Psychological Support Hotlines
by Changwei Song, Qing Zhao, Jianqiang Li, Yining Chen, Yongsheng Tong, Guanghui Fu
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Aug 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed study aims to improve the accuracy and efficiency of suicide risk prediction within psychological support hotlines by leveraging artificial intelligence. The research team used a novel multi-task learning method that combines feature extraction from Whisper, a large-scale pre-trained model, with psychological scales to predict suicide risk. This approach outperformed traditional manual methods based on psychological scales, achieving a 2.4% points improvement in F1-score. The study also demonstrated superior performance compared to eight popular models, including long-term speech data analysis for suicide risk prediction in China. The findings have great potential for clinical applications. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The research aims to improve the accuracy of suicide risk predictions by using artificial intelligence. They used a new way to combine information from a big model called Whisper with psychological scales to predict the risk of someone taking their own life. This method is better than what people usually do, which involves using these same scales and guessing the person’s risk level. The study also compared this method to eight other popular methods and found that it was even more accurate. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » F1 score » Feature extraction » Multi task
