Abstract
Detecting signs of suicidal thoughts on social media is paramount for preventing suicides, given the platforms' role as primary outlets for emotional expression. Traditional embedding techniques focus solely on semantic analysis and lack the sentiment analysis essential for capturing emotions. This limitation poses challenges in developing high-accuracy models. Additionally, previous studies often rely on a single dataset, further constraining their effectiveness. To overcome these challenges, this study proposes an innovative approach that integrates embedding techniques such as BERT, which offers semantic and syntactic analysis of the posts, with sentiment analysis provided by VADER scores extracted from the VADER sentiment analysis tool. The identified features are then input into the proposed optimized hybrid deep learning model, specifically the Bi-GRU and Attention incorporated with Stacked or stacking Classifier (Decision Tree, Random Forest, Gradient Boost, as the base classifier and XGBoost as meta classifier), which undergoes optimization using the grid search technique to enhance detection capabilities. In evaluations, the model achieved an impressive accuracy and F1-score of 98% on the Reddit dataset and 97% on the Twitter dataset. The research evaluates the efficacy of several machine learning models, encompassing Decision Trees, Random Forests, Gradient Boosting, and XGBoost. Moreover, it examines sophisticated models like LSTM with Attention, Bi-LSTM with Attention, and Bi-GRU with Attention, augmented with word embeddings such as BERT, MUSE, and fastText, alongside the fusion of sentiment VADER score. These results emphasize the promise of a holistic strategy that combines advanced feature embedding techniques with semantic features, showcasing a notably efficient detection of suicidal ideation on social media.
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