Prediction of the development of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder in sexually abused children using a random forest classifier

Organization

Uskudar University Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Turkey

Description

Depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are among the most common psychiatric disorders observed in children and adolescents exposed to sexual abuse. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of many factors such as the characteristics of a child, abuse, and the abuser, family type of the child, and the role of social support in the development of psychiatric disorders using machine learning techniques.

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Link
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165032720328500
Tags
Clustering/ClassificationMachine learningPost-crime effortsChild-focusedPost-traumatic stress (PTS)
Type
Research (peer reviewed)
Year
2021
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