The first few paragraphs of the blog post explained the problem pretty well - lack of access to professional mental health care.
The other parts of the article…especially bringing in techno optimism, feels unnecessary.
Do we see young people using tiktok to self diagonise other kinds of medical issues? At least not at the scale of mental health. And that is likely because they have much better access to professional help.
As society, we really really need to put more resources into mental health. It was an overlooked issue for centuries.
The first few paragraphs of the blog post explained the problem pretty well - lack of access to professional mental health care.
The other parts of the article…especially bringing in techno optimism, feels unnecessary.
Do we see young people using tiktok to self diagonise other kinds of medical issues? At least not at the scale of mental health. And that is likely because they have much better access to professional help.
As society, we really really need to put more resources into mental health. It was an overlooked issue for centuries.