How Teens Recovered from the ‘TikTok Tics’

February 13, 2023

(New York Times) – Four out of five of the adolescents were diagnosed with a psychiatric disorder, and one-third reported past traumatic experiences, according to a study from the University of Calgary that analyzed nearly 300 cases from eight countries. In new research that has not yet been published, the Canadian team has also found a link to gender: The adolescents were overwhelmingly girls, or were transgender or nonbinary — though no one knows why.

Perhaps as striking as the wave of TikTok tics is how quickly it has receded. As teenagers have resumed their prepandemic social lives, new cases of the tics have petered out. And doctors said that most of their tic patients had now recovered, illustrating the expansive potential for adolescent resilience. (Read More)