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Re:A machine learning approach to identifying thought marker... by nl on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:24AM (#12899340)
Based on [1], I think I can build a model that outperforms this:

    return False
[1] "An estimated 9.3 million adults (3.9% of the adult U.S. population) reported having suicidal thoughts in the past year." https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/suicide-datasheet...
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Re:A machine learning approach to identifying thought marker... by didgeoridoo on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @07:57AM (#12899818)
But the patient pool was drawn largely from psych units, where your (very efficient!) classifier might not work as well. The real headline should probably be "identifying suicidality in patients already admitted to psychiatric institutions".
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