Staci Person, Ph.D., C. Psych is encouraging parents to talk to their teens about mental health.
TikTok is a popular social media platform hosting 15-second video clips about various topics, including mental health. Within the past year, an alarming trend has surfaced, with many teens self-diagnosing conditions such as borderline personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder, bipolar disorder, autism, ADHD, and OCD, to name a few. Positively, TikTok has started important conversations about mental health that in turn helps to reduce stigma.
While many TikTok creators post helpful information, it is not always accurate, and teens can be especially impressionable by their peers sharing personal experiences with mental health. Making a diagnosis is a complicated process and a diagnosis should only be made by trained professionals. There are often subtle differences between various disorders that can be missed by the untrained eye.
For some teens, TikTok content might be their first exposure to mental health topics. Parents are encouraged to talk to their teens about mental health and to teach them how to ‘check the facts’ to ensure that they are getting information from reputable sources. If your teen suspects that they have a mental health disorder, the best course of action is to speak to a professional, like a family physician, psychiatrist, or psychologist.
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