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topicnews · September 7, 2024

Therapist warns against social media videos about mental illness

Therapist warns against social media videos about mental illness

This is what the therapist says

Videos about various mental illnesses are circulating on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, etc. The users are often children and adolescents. Various behaviors are classified there as possible symptoms of a certain mental illness. Julia Theeg, child and adolescent psychotherapist, is critical of many of these videos:



Julia Theeg is a psychotherapist and is critical of social media videos about mental illnesses in children. Self-diagnosis could make therapy more difficult.




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