Exploring How Youth Use TikTok for Mental Health Information in British Columbia: Semistructured Interview Study With Youth

Roxanne Turuba   ^{1, 2} , MPH ;   Willow Cormier   ¹ , BA ;   Rae Zimmerman   ¹ , BA ;   Nikki Ow   ¹ , PhD ;   Marco Zenone   ^{1, 3} , PhD ;   Yuri Quintana   ^{4, 5, 6} , PhD ;   Emily Jenkins   ⁷ , PhD ;   Shelly Ben-David   ⁸ , PhD ;   Alicia Raimundo   ² , BA ;   Alessandro R Marcon   ³ , MA ;   Steve Mathias   ^{1, 2, 9} , MD ;   Jo Henderson   ^{10, 11, 12} , PhD ;   Skye Barbic   ^{1, 2, 9} , PhD

¹ Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

² Foundry, Providence Health Care, Vancouver, BC, Canada

³ Health Law Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁴ Division of Clinical Informatics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

⁶ Homewood Research Institute, Guelph, ON, Canada

⁷ School of Nursing, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁸ School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁹ Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, Vancouver, BC, Canada

¹⁰ Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹² Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario, Toronto, ON, Canada