Jemima Kang @jemimakang.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Nick Haslam's "Concept Creep and the Mental Health Crisis" makes a compelling case for how expanding mental health concepts may actually be making our mental health worse. He reviews the empirical evidence on semantic inflation, the potential adverse effects of it, and what we can do about it. 210
Jemima Kang @jemimakang.bsky.social · 29/05/2026We analysed 14 million Reddit posts to reveal a striking shift in how we talk about mental health. We show a shift in conversations toward ADHD and autism, and away from anxiety and depression. These changes will likely influence how people make sense of, and seek help for, mental health problems. 352
Jemima Kang @jemimakang.bsky.social · 23/07/2025Come talk to me at the poster session today at 1:30! #ic2s2 060
Reposted by Jemima KangNaomi Baes @naomibaes.bsky.social · 22/07/2025I am deeply grateful to my PhD supervisors, Nick Haslam and Kat Vylomova, and to my collaborators, Haim Dubossarsky and Raphaël Merx, for their valuable contributions to these frameworks. Links to papers: 1) SIBling: aclanthology.org/2024.acl-lon... 2) LSC-Eval: arxiv.org/abs/2503.08042aclanthology.orgA Multidimensional Framework for Evaluating Lexical Semantic Change with Social Science ApplicationsNaomi Baes, Nick Haslam, Ekaterina Vylomova. Proceedings of the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers). 2024. 131
Jemima Kang @jemimakang.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Representations of ADHD and autism are converging in social media discourse - we break down our new findings in this short piece. pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/adh... #PsychSciSky #NLP #compsocialscipursuit.unimelb.edu.auADHD and autism are different, but on social media those differences are shrinkingA University of Melbourne study of Reddit communities has found that the terms ADHD and autism have taken on a similar meaning and the communities are merging 081
Jemima Kang @jemimakang.bsky.social · 27/05/2025While ADHD and autism are distinct diagnoses, our research shows that on social media, the lines between them are blurring. (summary below) #PsychSciSky #NLP #compsocialsci pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40392589/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govConverging Representations of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism on Social Media: Linguistic and Topic Analysis of Trends in Reddit Data - PubMedOur study clarifies how discourse around these 2 conditions has converged during a period when they have both attracted rising public attention. These findings contribute to wider discussions about th... 6111