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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/79762, first published .
Data scientists analyze social media sentiment on a large monitor, discussing crisis response.

Analyzing Social Media to Infer Mental Health Status and Affective States for Crisis and Disaster Management: Scoping Review

Analyzing Social Media to Infer Mental Health Status and Affective States for Crisis and Disaster Management: Scoping Review

Francesca Müller   1 , MSc, Dr-Ing ;   Samuel Tomczyk   2, 3, 4 , Dr phil ;   Frank Fiedrich   1 , Dr-Ing

1 Chair for Public Safety and Emergency Management, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Safety Engineering, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

2 Department Health and Prevention, Institute of Psychology, Universität Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

3 Partner Site Greifswald/Rostock, German Center for Child and Adolescent Health (DZKJ), Greifswald, Germany

4 Institute and Policlinic of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, Universitätsmedizin Rostock, Rostock, Germany

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