Using TikTok for public and youth mental health – A systematic review and content analysis

• Published in: Clinical child psychology and psychiatry Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 279 - 306
• Main Authors: McCashin, Darragh, Murphy, Colette M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.01.2023
• Subjects: Adolescent; Biomedical Research; Child; COVID-19; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Humans; Mental Health; Social Media; Special Issue: Social Media and Mental Health; Review; psychology; qualitative; children; tiktok
• ISSN: 1359-1045; 1461-7021; 1461-7021
• DOI: 10.1177/13591045221106608

Globally, TikTok is now the fastest growing social media platform among children and young people; but it remains surprisingly under-researched in psychology and psychiatry. This is despite the fact that social media platforms have been subject to intense academic and societal scrutiny regarding the...