Colman Noctor: Young people are using TikTok to self-diagnose mental health conditions

Influencers focus on the relatability of their content, hooking people in and offering sensational life-changing advice to get more traction

Many mental health TikTok influencers base their advice on their lived experience, so they declare themselves ‘experts by experience'

Colman Noctor

CHILD PSYCHOTHERAPIST

An increasing number of young people in my therapy room tell me they have consulted TikTok for mental health advice.