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
Contagion-related social media-associated abnormal illness behaviour may explain how illnesses such as Dissociative Identity Disorder and Tourette Syndrome spread via Tik Tok.
Giedinghagen, A. (2023). 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. Clinical child psychology and psychiatry, 28(1), 270-278.
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