Cory Gennari Pratt

“Laughing so I Don’t Cry”: How TikTok Users Employ Humor and Compassion to Connect Around Psychiatric Hospitalization

Today's youth face many mental health challenges and are increasingly represented in psychiatric hospitalizations. Scholars have sought to understand social media's role in mental health issues, but limited work has explored TikTok—the video-centric social media platform that is popular with youth—and people's connect…