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Area of Science:

  • Digital Phenotyping
  • Machine Learning in Mental Health
  • Computational Psychiatry

Background:

  • Existing depression detection systems require extensive data collection over time, limiting their effectiveness for early intervention.
  • Current methods can be resource-intensive and infeasible in low-resource environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To create a minimalistic system for rapid depression identification using minimal data.
  • To identify and explain the most effective machine learning models for depression detection.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a tool to collect 7-day app usage data within 1 second from 100 Bangladeshi students.
  • Employed diverse machine learning models (linear, tree-based, neural networks) with feature selection (filter, wrapper, embedded) and nested cross-validation.
  • Utilized Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) for model interpretability.

Main Results:

  • A light gradient boosting machine model achieved 82.4% accuracy in identifying depressed students using 1-second app usage data.
  • A stacking model with ~5 Boruta-selected features reached 77.4% precision and 77.9% balanced accuracy.
  • Diurnal app usage patterns were more indicative of depression than aggregated data; SHAP analysis revealed specific behavioral markers associated with depression.

Conclusions:

  • The fast, minimalistic system shows promise for depression detection in underdeveloped and developing regions.
  • Findings can guide the development of less resource-intensive systems for understanding and intervening in student depression.