通过自然语言处理在治疗中检测气候焦虑
Lidor Bahar1, Simon A Rego2, Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit3,4
1Eleos Health, Needham, MA, USA. Lidorb@eleos.health.
Scientific reports
|October 30, 2024
概括
全球变暖造成了痛苦,但气候焦虑在治疗中很少被讨论. 一项研究发现,气候主题仅在0.3%的会议中出现,这表明气候相关问题的心理健康护理存在差距.
科学领域:
- 心理健康 心理健康
- 环境心理学 环境心理学
- 计算语言学 计算语言学
背景情况:
- 全球变暖与增加的心理痛苦和气候焦虑有关.
- 在治疗环境中,对气候焦虑的表达和讨论在很大程度上仍未被探索.
- 自然语言处理 (NLP) 提供了一种在治疗中识别气候相关对话的方法.
研究的目的:
- 调查心理治疗课程中气候和与天气有关的讨论的普遍性.
- 探索客户症状严重程度与讨论气候话题的可能性之间的关系.
- 评估NLP在识别治疗培训和反这些讨论的潜力.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自美国行为健康计划的32,542次治疗课程 (2020年7月 - 2022年12月).
- 使用自然语言处理 (NLP) 来标记1,722,273个治疗师-客户微对话.
- 检查了气候/天气主题的频率及其与客户症状水平的相关性.
主要成果:
- 气候和与天气有关的话题仅占分析治疗会话的0.3%.
- 患有较高抑郁或焦虑症状的客户不太可能讨论气候和天气.
- 观察到心理治疗中气候变化心理健康问题的代表性显著不足.
结论:
- 尽管全球变暖和心理健康之间有已知的联系,但这些问题在当前的心理治疗中没有得到充分的解决.
- 记录的气候变化对心理健康的影响和它们在治疗话语中的存在之间存在着显著的差距.
- NLP工具有望提高治疗师的意识,并为与气候有关的心理健康主题提供培训信息.
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