Posted on 06/30/2023 12:58:16 PM PDT by consult
There has been an increasing recognition among both medical and psychological professionals, as well as the public media, of a concerning trend for child and adolescent users of audiovisual-based, algorithmic social media platforms (e.g., TikTok) to present with or claim functional psychiatric impairment that is inconsistent with or distinct from classic psychiatric nosology. In this short communication, we provide a detailed historical overview of this transdiagnostic phenomenon and suggest a conceptual model to organize thinking and research examining it. We then discuss the implications of our suggested model for accurate assessment, diagnosis, and medical-psychiatric treatment..... given extant evidence suggesting that the social media environment is a mental health risk factor for adolescents and youth struggling with elevated personality psychopathology and inchoate personal identities during the transition to young adulthood.
Interesting that no mention of:
Social Media Can Influence Young Girls To Become Transgender.
https://dailycaller.com/2022/09/05/transgender-social-media-teen-girls-tik-tok/
Is Free Republic “social media”?
I ask that tongue-in-cheek, but of course it is one genre of SM...
s/b Social Media Companies' Management.
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