Recently, several patients in their twenties have introduced themselves to me by telling me the diagnosis they got from Google, TikTok, or some other website. And while it was tempting to ignore these self-diagnoses, I thought it was important to understand not only why the patient had done the research, but what it meant to the individual to turn a bout of sadness, or difficulty in a relationship, or worry into a psychiatric label. For one of them, it seemed easier to look for a psychologist … [Read more...]