MentSum: A Resource for Exploring Summarization of Mental Health Online Posts

Understand

Mental health remains a significant challenge of public health worldwide.

• With increasing popularity of online platforms, many use the platforms to share their mental health conditions, express their feelings, and seek help from the community and counselors.
• Some of these platforms, such as Reachout, are dedicated forums where the users register to seek help.
• Others such as Reddit provide subreddits where the users publicly but anonymously post their mental health distress.