How to Counter TikTok’s Mental Health Misinformation
By Ashvin Sood, MD, and GAP’s Committee on Psychiatry in the Media “If you have inattention and rejection sensitivity, you may well have ADHD,” says a vlogger to Clara just one evening online. “When I get nervous, I zone out, and which is how I know I have Increase,” states an influencer in the next online video. Clip after clip, Clara is inundated with performers, authorities, influencers, naturopaths, and anyone in between, highlighting an ADHD diagnosis or symptom on TikTok….