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Mental Health via Writing

Mental Health via Writing is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 12k research works in it since 1961. 28.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers focuses on the analysis of psychological language in social media, particularly related to emotional disclosure, mental health, and expressive writing. It involves the use of natural language processing and machine learning techniques to detect and understand patterns of depression, suicidal ideation, and other mental health indicators in online communication.

  • Psychological Language Analysis
  • Social Media
  • Emotional Disclosure
  • Mental Health
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Depression Detection
  • Expressive Writing
  • Machine Learning
  • Text Analysis
  • Suicidal Ideation
Research works
12k
fractional, since 1961
In the world top 10%
3.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
28.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+195%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Mental Health via Writing research?

By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.2k and 796 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.2k works
  2. 2 China 796 works
  3. 3 India 716 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 252 works
  5. 5 Canada 169 works
  6. 6 Indonesia 161 works
  7. 7 Australia 148 works
  8. 8 Germany 139 works
  9. 9 Japan 114 works
  10. 10 South Korea 108 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 30.9%China: 21.1%India: 19.0%United Kingdom: 6.7%6 others listed: 22.2%31%largest
United States1,164 · 30.9%China796 · 21.1%India716 · 19.0%United Kingdom252 · 6.7%6 others listed838 · 22.2%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Mental Health via Writing research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Binus University publishes the most Mental Health via Writing research, followed by Telkom University and SRM Institute of Science and Technology.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Binus UniversityIndonesia 25 works
  2. 2 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 22 works
  3. 3 SRM Institute of Science and TechnologyIndia 20 works
  4. 4 Design Intelligence (United States)United States 18 works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 16 works
  6. 6 Chandigarh UniversityIndia 16 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 16 works
  8. 8 Amrita Vishwa VidyapeethamIndia 16 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 15 works
  10. 10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 15 works

Who are the leading researchers in Mental Health via Writing?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Mental Health via Writing include Ronald C. Kessler and Brenda W.J.H. Penninx.

  1. 1 Ronald C. Kessler United States 9.8k citations
  2. 2 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands 4k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Mental Health via Writing research done?

The largest centres of Mental Health via Writing research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Chennai (India) and Shanghai (China).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 132 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 77 works
  3. 3 Chennai India 65 works
  4. 4 Shanghai China 61 works
  5. 5 New York United States 60 works
  6. 6 Bengaluru India 58 works
  7. 7 Seoul South Korea 57 works
  8. 8 Dhaka Bangladesh 56 works
  9. 9 Pune India 46 works
  10. 10 Guangzhou China 46 works
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Where is the best place to study Mental Health via Writing?

Among universities, judged by research, Harvard University, The University of Melbourne and Binus University score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%25%50%75%mean 36.35%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Harvard University: 16, 47.8%The University of Melbourne: 15, 43.8%Binus University: 25, 8.2%Columbia University: 12, 39.4%National University of Singapore: 9, 68.2%University of Washington: 13, 41.4%Daffodil International University: 8, 24.4%University College London: 12, 46.4%Delhi Technological University: 11, 39.4%Telkom University: 22, 4.5%Harvard UniversityThe University of Me…Columbia UniversityBinus University
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Harvard UniversityUnited States 58.747.8%2.6×16 +384.4%
2 The University of MelbourneAustralia 56.643.8%3.1×15 +211.4%
3 Binus UniversityIndonesia 52.28.2%8.8×25 —
4 Columbia UniversityUnited States 49.739.4%3.0×12 +233.2%
5 National University of SingaporeSingapore 49.468.2%1.9×9 —
6 University of WashingtonUnited States 48.941.4%2.5×13 +193.4%
7 Daffodil International UniversityBangladesh 48.924.4%17.3×8 —
8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 48.546.4%1.8×12 +152.8%
9 Delhi Technological UniversityIndia 48.339.4%7.8×11 —
10 Telkom UniversityIndonesia 47.14.5%8.3×22 —

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Mental Health via Writing research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 195% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Mental Health via Writing.

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Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.