Unpacking the truths behind mental health trends

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Tiktok is flooded with user videos discussing mental health subjects that have long been taboo: manage anxiety. Search for help for depression. Live with a bipolar disorder.

In many ways, the change in America towards cultural opening around these subjects is a cause of celebration, said Christina Caron, a journalist who covers mental health for the office of the property of the New York Times. But the proliferation of online discourse around subjects such as trauma disorders and cognitive behavioral therapy can be interrupted: disinformation.

“It is difficult to know what is true,” said Ms. Caron.

In his new monthly chronicle, Psych 101Ms. Caron tries to fight against this uncertainty by unpacking subjects like What happens when your moral compass is compromised And how a simple technique known as cognitive mixture can help calm an occupied brain. She speaks with people who have experienced the symptoms she wrote on, as well as clinicians and researchers.

Ms. Caron is a former clinical research coordinator, she therefore knows the medical terminology of Weedy. But its objective is to provide readers with confidence health information – and approved – without the jargon which can sometimes support it.

In an interview, Ms. Caron explained how she selects subjects for the column and what subjects she wishes to approach afterwards. These are extracts published by the conversation.

Why did you want to start this column?

The idea is to examine the terms and tendencies of mental health which, in our view, deserve greater conversations. You see a lot of people online talk, for example, TOCD relationship We can add clarity to this and help explain why people discuss the distinctions between the different types of OCD and why it is important.