According to a study, ADHD’s popular video on Tiktok often contains misinformation. As a research team in the Specialist Journal “Plos One” reports, about 100 most viewed Tikok video attention for the attention deficit disorder (ADHD), there was almost half incorrect information. Especially self -diagnosed ADHDs reduce the proliferation of disorder among the population – and reinforce their perception by video that they have ADHD.
ADHD belongs to a turbulent metabolism of the messenger dopamine in the brain, usually in childhood. The inheritance plays the biggest role according to the current status of the current research. The characteristics of mental disorders are the three main symptoms: inadvertence, overdose and impulse. They can occur in various forms and combinations. The first ADHD problems can already be seen in infancy, they are clearly recognizable at the age of five to six years.
Medical believes that 2 to 3 percent of the population is ADHD. The number does not increase, but apparently the perception of the disease, as an enlarged search for self -test on the Internet. Many people are mainly detected about social media such as Tikkok, in addition to #Autism #ADHD, one is one of the most frequently used health -related hashtags.
Team under the leadership of Vasilia Karasavva from British Columbia University in Vancouver In your study Now 98 especially popular Tikok videos for ADHD. On average, it was about 40 seconds and there were about half a billion scenes, everyone was speaking in English. Half of the video makers campaigned for the purchase of some products such as a workbook, fidgate spinner or coaching services or donations have not yet been noted for advertising.
Often misleading, rarely useful
Two psychologists assessed the purity of the contribution. He classified 52 percent of videos as misleading, only 21 percent as useful – and not one compared to any cases recommended. Of 98 videos 92, so only addressed statements about ADHD symptoms such as “My ADHD does me so”, no medical option. A good half of the information on the symptoms was rated by psychologists because ADHD-related not related but he portrayed general human experiences, some symptoms were more specific to other disorders.
If treatment options were specified, they were mostly based only on individual experiences. Karsawwa said, “Accessories and personal experiences are very effective, but if the context is missing, you can cause misunderstandings about ADHD and mental health,” said Karsavwa.
ADHD circulation overturned ten times
In a second series of experiments, a good 800 students were shown five best and worst videos from the first analysis to a good 800 students between the ages of 18 and 25. It consisted of young men and women and partially with an official or self-made ADHD diagnosis. In general, better videos were also better rated. It was striking that the spread of ADHD in the population was extremely reduced to about 33 percent. This was the case, especially among people with self -diagnosed ADHD. He was also encouraged for ADHD by video.
Social media is a central source of information in health issues, Catherine Kare of Vienna University said, which was not involved in the study. The algorithm preferred posts that are particularly entertaining or emotional and thus providing too much interaction. It is not surprising that the symptoms are not right or oversobent, other clinical paintings such as tarate syndrome or prostate cancer are similar conclusions.
Tremendous representation
“On Tikok, ADHD victims are often presented as vibrant, cute and almost entertaining,” sweet disturbances “that is staged in a small, comic clip,” Karrsse says. Many materials showed everyday situations and rely on entertaining narratives. “It makes a positive, sometimes trivial, a picture of the disease romantic.”
It is positive that young adults clearly reflect the material severely and also evaluate experts as poorly classified videos, said Paula Stei, a communication scientist at the University of Ougsburg, said, who was not even involved in the study. It is worrying that false symptoms are often given and there is hardly any evidence to deal with ADHD.
More experts in tikkok will be desirable
Stei said, “To cover the high requirement of information from the affected people, the well -equipped material must be easily accessible,” Stei said. On platforms such as Tikkok, more contribution than experts is desirable. “In this way, information can be provided where young adults are in use of their everyday media.” Currently, tested platforms such as “gesundheitsinformation.de” are recommended for information.
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