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
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DOI: 10.1177/13591045221098522
Abstract: 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. The most frequently reproduced illnesses… read more here.
Keywords: mass social; social media; illness; munchausen internet ... See more keywords