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Published: 21 June, 2010, 12:02
Edited: 21 June, 2010, 19:02

TAGS: Health, SciTech, Psychology


Israeli inventors say they have developed a program that can screen depression sufferers by surfing blogs.

The program analyzes text, looking for cues of unhealthy state of mind in descriptions and metaphors, reports Haaretz newspaper on Monday.

In a test run, the software munched more than 1,000 posts written by American bloggers and was asked to sort out the 100 most depressed and 100 least depressed individuals.

"We found an 80 per cent match between the automatic identification mechanism of the software and the human diagnosis given by the psychologists," said Professor Yair Neuman of Ben-Gurion University's Department of Education.


Vladimir Kremlev for RT (click to enlarge)

He explained that humans perform better because they can use intuition, while the program has no such luxury.

"The software does not rely on a single context-dependent word, but on a series of words strung together, terms and images chosen by the writer," said Neuman.

The research and development for the software was funded by the Defense Ministry, yet Ben-Gurion University officials said yesterday the project would not be used for military purposes, the newspaper reports.

Scientists suggest using their algorithm to automatically identify people with psychological difficulties, so that doctors can contact them and suggest counseling.

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I actually got a sneak preview of this software. If you type in something like stop killing those people with an illegal blockade - result, needs mental help If you type, blockade them till they die, clense the area for us, just like the US did to the Native americans - result, settled (or settlements) balanced mind. Apparantly the All-Go.Rythm was developed after extesive research. By the IGOT- thermos corporation. They explain the Rythm is to keep building and moving obstacles in peoples minds gradually. Then get those minds to settle on new realities. Wait a while then repeat. They say this is the essential clensing rythm. They say this is a thorougly clensing spritual experience capable of eradicating borderline thinking in our minds. A real shot in the arm. The research is fully supported by the US and UK and has been undergoing synical trials over the last couple of years. The inventors claim it is a full cure for the Middle East piece syndrome, by supressing a troublesome element Palastinium supportidium. It was found that Palastinium can form a complex with the active aerodramatic Flotilla that can work against the clensing process. This new treatment seeks out the key active enablers of Flotilla and removes them. The inventors have said however that it can be a race against time and that Flotilla will sometimes be able to generate a very severe reaction. In these cases a relaxed therapeutic scheme of pulling the wool over the eyes, may be necessary for a short period of time to reduce the severe reaction. One particular supporting schema can be the Letsomting in approach. This can reduce visual inflamation in a short period of time and with it the uncomfortable cosmetic symptoms, that generate an undesireable reaction to the patient when in the community. The inventors say using this SW will force happiness on people who would otherwise not have the benefit of it. They hail it as a breakthrough in enforcing a fully settled view.