TikTok has become a dangerous breeding ground for mental disorders

Or alternatively, mental illnesses has always existed, and TikTok just lets you get more attention for it it.

Things tend to get more manifested when they are profitable in some way.

There are some factual errors in the article: for instance the onset of schizophrenia often is in the late teens:

Factual reporting makes for a poor moral panic.

Discussed a couple months ago, if anyone is interested in reading those comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29754789

The real question is why aren't many men experiencing this?