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Dr Lucy Foulkes
@lucyfoulkes.bsky.social
Psychologist at University of Oxford, researching adolescence + mental health. Books: WHAT MENTAL ILLNESS REALLY IS (2021); COMING OF AGE (2024). Shall we try and be nice to each other on here? Linktr.ee/lucyfoulkes
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Romanticisation of mental health problems in adolescence: what's the deal with that? 🌟 NEW PREPRINT by Awa Ndour and me 🌟 (Romanticise = to portray something as more desirable or positive than it really is) Brief summary below (🧵) osf.io/preprints/os...#PsychSciSky#DevPsychSky#ClinPsychSky

Romanticisation is the perception and portrayal of a phenomenon as more attractive, interesting, cool, profound or desirable than it really is. There are concerns that mental health problems are increasingly romanticised, particularly among adolescents, but there is limited research on this topic. This narrative review investigated: (1) what romanticisation is in the context of adolescent mental health problems, (2) why adolescents might romanticise mental health problems, (3) the implications of romanticising mental health problems in adolescence, and (4) what interventions might reduce this phenomenon. Sixty-one publications were reviewed, including qualitative and quantitative analyses, cross-sectional and longitudinal self-report studies and conceptual reviews. Most investigated romanticisation of mental health problems online. Identity formation, popular media influences and peer influences arose as potential explanatory factors. Negative outcomes to romanticisation were indicated
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OooOooh, interesting!

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There’s a lot of anecdotal concern that adolescents are romanticising mental health problems more these days, and that it’s a problem. But there has been no attempt to bring together the literature on this, so Awa led this narrative review

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Dr Lucy Foulkes
@lucyfoulkes.bsky.social
Psychologist at University of Oxford, researching adolescence + mental health. Books: WHAT MENTAL ILLNESS REALLY IS (2021); COMING OF AGE (2024). Shall we try and be nice to each other on here? Linktr.ee/lucyfoulkes
1.1k followers491 following272 posts
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