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Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide, but is oftenunder-diagnosed and under-treated. One of the tenets of cognitive-behavioraltherapy (CBT) is that individuals who are depressed exhibit distorted modes ofthinking, so-called cognitive distortions, which can negatively affect theiremotions and motivation. Here, we show that individuals with a self-reporteddiagnosis of depression on social media express higher levels of distortedthinking than a random sample. Some types of distorted thinking were found tobe more than twice as prevalent in our depressed cohort, in particularPersonalizing and Emotional Reasoning. This effect is specific to the distortedcontent of the expression and can not be explained by the presence of specifictopics, sentiment, or first-person pronouns. Our results point towards thedetection, and possibly mitigation, of patterns of online language that aregenerally deemed depressogenic. They may also provide insight into recentobservations that social media usage can have a negative impact on mentalhealth.

Depressed individuals express more distorted thinking on social media