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CHARBONNEAU – Trendy new psychiatric illnesses

HAVE YOU NOTICED ads on social media that invite you to diagnose your mental health? Here’s one I’ve seen that assumes that I am on the autism spectrum: “Discover Your Place On The Autism Spectrum “Get clear, personalized insights and strategies to better understand yourself. *In a 3-month study, 96% of users felt more understood and confident after learning about their autism traits.” Such ads are part the growth in “predatory” mental health advertising that encourages people to self-diagnose themselves or “identify with” mental illness. Dr. Sami Timimi has noticed that psychiatric illnesses have become more like consumer brands than medical diseases: “As a child and adolescent psychiatrist, I was also noticing a shift toward more young people and/or their parents, teachers, friends and other professionals imagining they had a mental disorder that needed diagnosing (Globe and Mail Sept 13, 2025).” The isolation of COVID-19 increased the anxiety and distress, especially in young people. A 2021 UNICEF report estimated that 1 in 7 adolescents worldwide experienced mental health issues intensified by the pandemic. Dr. Timimi noticed the gloom of COVID-19 in her own daughter, Zoe. “Zoe, who was 24 at the time, was in one of those nihilistic moods. Her [...]

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