India, June 2 -- More than half of the most popular TikTok videos giving mental health advice contain false or misleading information, according to an investigation led by The Guardian.
During the investigation, they looked at the top 100 videos under the hashtag #mentalhealthtips and asked psychologists, psychiatrists, and mental health experts to check if the advice was accurate.
The experts found that 52 of the 100 videos, giving advice on serious issues like trauma, anxiety, depression, and other mental health conditions, had some form of misinformation. Some videos were unclear, while some were not useful.
Dr. David Okai, a neuropsychiatrist from King's College London, said some videos mixed up important mental health terms, like us...