Analysis of online depression forums and questionnaires

Abstract

This article investigates the analysis of online depression forums and questionnaires. The article analyses seven depression forums, two Hungarian and five international forum. Depression forum posts were analyzed based on keyword searches and readings from forum posts. 37 keywords were analyzed, the results of which are illustrated with diagrams. The most commonly used keyword is `help'. In addition, frequently used keywords include 'depressed', 'depression', 'anxiety', 'sleep', 'help', 'doctor', 'psychiatrist', 'sorry', 'thanks',' advice ',' work ',' anxiety '. Of the depressed questionnaires, 6 questionnaires were analyzed. Finally, some ontological models are presented that model the depression and its effects.