APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Patient Narratives of Their Suicide Attempt Leading to Hospitalization: An Examination of Lexical, Sentiment, and Emotional Characteristics
- Jaclyn Kearns
University of Rochester - Catarina Carosa
Butler Hospital - Kenneth Conner
University of Rochester Medical Center
Abstract
This study examined language use of first-person narratives of the suicide attempt that led to each of the 21 participants’ hospitalization. We used natural language processing to answer two important questions about language and its characteristics: what are individuals saying about their suicide attempt and how are they saying it?
Suicide
