NLP and technology

Validating and critically evaluating methods of Natural Language Processing (NLP) is my main research focus. I currently work on the longitudinal validation of NLP metrics in psychosis research and multiple languages. I am also more broadly interested in the use of digital technology for improving the treatment of people with severe mental illness, e.g. through virtual reality applications.

Publications on NLP and technology:

• Nenchev, I., Scheffler, T., … Just, S. A. & Montag, C. (2024). Linguistic markers of schizophrenia: a case study of Robert Walser. Peer-reviewed conference paper and poster, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology (CLPsych 2024), Malta, 41–60. https://aclanthology.org/2024.clpsych-1.4

• Just, S. A. & Lütt, A., Siegle, P., Döring-Brandl, E. J. (2024). Feasibility of using virtual reality in geriatric psychiatry. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. e6060. doi: 10.1002/gps.6060

• Just, S. A. & Bröcker, A-L., Ryazanskaya, G., Nenchev, I., Schneider, M., Bermpohl, F., Heinz, A. & Montag, C. (2023). Validation of natural language processing methods capturing semantic incoherence in the speech of patients with non-affective psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1208856 

• Just, S. A., Haegert, E., Kořánová, N., Bröcker, A-L., Nenchev, I., Funcke, J., Heinz, A., Bermpohl, F., Stede, M. & Montag, C. (2020). Modeling incoherent discourse in non-affective psychosis. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 11, 846. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2020.00846 

• Just, S. A., Haegert, E., Kořánová, N., Bröcker, A.-L., Nenchev, I., Funcke, J., Montag, C., & Stede, M. (2019). Coherence models in schizophrenia. Peer-reviewed conference paper and poster, NAACL Conference, The Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology, Minneapolis. doi: 10.18653/v1/W19-3015