Social media as an incubator of personality and behavioral psychopathology: Symptom and disorder authenticity or psychosomatic social contagion? Author links open overlay panelJohn D.HaltiganadTamara M.PringsheimbGayathiriRajkumarc Comprehensive Psychiatry Volume 121, February 2023, 152362
More broadly, there has been a recognition of vast online ‘neurodivergence’ ecosystem in which classical mental illness symptoms and diagnoses are viewed less as mental health concerns that require professional attention, but rather as consumer identities or character traits that make individuals sharper and more interesting than others around them.