Deconstructing TikTok Videos on Mental Health: Cross-sectional, Descriptive Content Analysis.

Corey Hannah Basch Lorie Donelle Joseph Fera Christie Jaime

Published in: JMIR formative research (2022)

With over 1 billion cumulative views, almost half of the assessed TikTok videos included in this study reported or expressed symptoms of mental distress. Future research should focus on the potential role of intervention by health care professionals on social media.

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