NLP for Analyzing Mental Health Issues among College Students using Reddit Data

Mental health issues among college students have become a prevalent concern in recent years. Understanding the main struggles and identifying factors that correlate with poor mental health can provide valuable insights for institutions to better support their students. In this project, we aimed to analyze mental health issues among college students using data from the Reddit platform. By leveraging the Reddit API and applying various natural language processing techniques, we sought to gain insights into the emotional well-being and challenges faced by college students. We will explain how we perform topic modeling with BERT and share our insights.