The explosion in mental health content on social media is great to see – but is the lack of nuance encouraging too many people to self-diagnose? Stylist investigates.

The explosion in mental health content on social media is great to see u2013 but is the lack of nuance encouraging too many people to self-diagnose? Stylist investigates.

Mental health: how social media is driving a self-diagnosis trend

We already live in a culture of self-diagnosis (who hasn’t consulted Dr Google?), but just like plugging symptoms into a search engine, it can be hard to know which posts are accurate

Diagnosing yourself from the information in a 60-second video may feel easier than speaking to a GP or paying for therapy, but it can be an incredibly slippery slope 

Mental health and self-diagnosis: “Am I really emotionally exhausted, or is Instagram just telling me so?”