SOCIAL MEDIA MISINFORMATION
Prevalence of Health Misinformation on Social Media: Systematic Review
This systematic review aimed to identify the main health misinformation topics and their prevalence on different social media platforms, focusing on methodological quality and the diverse solutions that are being implemented to address this public health concern.
Social media as an incubator of personality and behavioral psychopathology: Symptom and disorder authenticity or psychosomatic social contagion?
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.
The Social Media Industry as a Commercial Determinant of HEALTH (CDOH)
This article argues to recognize the social media industry a CDOH due to the direct and indirect consequences of their products and actions. Platforms directly impact users’ health through their products, which are associated with mental health concerns and contain addictive features.
Health information seeking in the digital age: An analysis of health information seeking behavior among US adults
This study examined factors associated with heath infor- mation seeking from the internet, traditional media, and health care professionals among a diverse population of US adults. Findings indicated that there is a possibility that while the Web is an easily available source of health information, it could also create inequalities in health information accessibility.
Mental Health v. Social Media: How US pretrial filings against social media platforms frame and leverage evidence for claims of youth mental health harms
Among the research cited there was little that documented a causal link between social media and youth health harms. Legal filings did not frame, or cite research documenting, this emerging public health problem as one that has disparate impacts among marginalized users, despite ample research attention to this issue.
“You Can’t Possibly Have ADHD”: Exploring Validation and Tensions around Diagnosis within Unbounded ADHD Social Media Communities
To understand these communities better and privilege the lived experiences of people with ADHD, we conduct a digital ethnography of three social media platforms to explore community content, specifcally around acceptance, diagnoses, and tensions with the medical community. We discuss these informal online health communities as a source of knowledge, diferent, but no less important than that of traditional Online Health Communities and further the view of these communities as a valuable resource of shared expertise.
Using TikTok for public and youth mental health – A systematic review and content analysis
The various mechanisms for connecting with younger audiences presents a unique opportunity for youth mental health practitioners to consider, yet there were distinct differences in how TikTok accounts used platform features to interact. Overall, there is an absence of high quality mixed methodological evaluations of TikTok content for public and mental health, despite it being the most used platform for children and young people.
TikTok and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study of Social Media Content Quality
User-generated content about attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most popular health topics on the video-sharing social media platform TikTok. We sought to investigate the quality of TikTok videos about ADHD.
A double-edged hashtag: Evaluation of #ADHD-related TikTok content and its associations with perceptions of ADHD
Our findings highlight a discrepancy between mental health professionals and young adults regarding the psychoeducational value of #ADHD content on TikTok. Addressing this is crucial to improving access to treatment and enhancing support for those with ADHD.
“I See Me Here”: Mental Health Content, Community, and Algorithmic Curation on TikTok
Our interviews suggest that the “For You Page" is a runaway train that encourages diverse community and content engagement but also displays harmful content that par- ticipants feel they cannot escape. We propose design implications to support better mental health, as well as implications for social computing research on community in algorithmic landscapes.
TikTok and public health: a proposed research agenda
We argue that public health is served by paying ur- gent attention to the potential health-related impli- cations of TikTok and suggest research agenda to inform decision-makers, health providers, research- ers and the public.
Exploring How Youth Use TikTok for Mental Health Information in British Columbia: Semistructured Interview Study With Youth
Findings suggest that TikTok can be a useful tool to increase mental health awareness, reduce stigma, and encourage youth to learn and address their mental health challenges while providing a source of peer connection and support. Simultaneously, TikTok can adversely impact mental health through repetitive exposure to mentally distressing content and misleading diagnosis and treatment information.
Autistic discussion forums: insights into the topics that clinicians don’t know about
We conclude that forums contain high-value information for clinicians because all concepts in the DSM 5 text revision were discussed by posters in the years before the text revision appeared. Ideas that are only slowly becoming part of the research literature are discussed at length in forums. Reading and analyzing forums is useful for both clinicians and scientists. In addition, the relative ease of forum analysis lowers the bar for entry into the research process.
Combating Health Misinformation in Social Media: Characterization, Detection, Intervention, and Open Issues
In this survey, we present a comprehensive review of existing research about online health misinformation in different disciplines. Furthermore, we also systematically or- ganize the related literature from three perspectives: characterization, detection, and intervention. Lastly, we conduct a deep discussion on the pressing open issues of combating health misinformation in social media and provide future directions for multidisciplinary researchers.
TikTok Tourette’s: Are We Witnessing a Rise in Functional Tic-Like Behavior Driven by Adolescent Social Media Use?
Perceptions of Tourette syndrome (TS) and tic disorders are often driven by social media. During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media consumption greatly increased, particularly in the adolescent population.
Phenotypic divergence between individuals with self-reported autistic traits and clinically ascertained autism
The groups also differed in their social tendencies during two decision-making tasks; the in-person ASD group was less perceptive of opportunities for social influence and acted less affiliative toward virtual characters. These findings highlight the need for a differentiation between clinically ascertained and trait-defined samples in autism research.
The tic in TikTok and (where) all systems go: Mass social media induced illness and Munchausen’s by internet as explanatory models for social media associated abnormal illness behavior
This paper explores the recent phenomenon of adolescents presenting en masse (both online and in clinical settings) with symptoms seemingly acquired from viewing illness-related content posted by social media influencers.
Public Health and Online Misinformation: Challenges and Recommendations
Misinformation concerning health has particularly severe consequences with regard to people’s quality of life and even their risk of mortality; therefore, understanding it within today’s modern context is an extremely important task.
Paging Dr. Google: Availability and Reliability of Online Evidence-Based Treatment Information about ADHD
Results indicate that, although conducting online searches about ADHD treatment could be beneficial in the context of shared-decision making, it is important for clinicians and caregivers to understand the limitations of this approach and to continue to engage in evidence-based treatment of ADHD to ensure positive outcomes for children and adolescents with the disorder.
TikTok and Self-Diagnosing Mental Illnesses: Perceived Reliability Factors, Vulnerabilities, and Dangers
The purpose of this thesis is not only to analyze this information but to devise a study about people’s interactions and perceptions of TikTok. This study will examine if and why people self-diagnose themselves with mental illnesses they see on TikTok. An extensive literature review will be conducted to overview the dangers of TikTok when it comes to selfdiagnosing. An app with a user base like TikTok needs to be analyzed, for there are many potential dangers that can arise.