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Stuart, Heather. "Media
Portrayal of Mental Illness and
Its Treatments: What Effect
Does It Have on People with
Mental Illness?." CNS Drugs
20.2 (1998): 99. CNS Drugs.
Web. 17 Oct. 2015.
<http://www.springer.com/>.
Summary
This article is about the portrayal
of mental illness by the media.
This is including both fiction and
non-fiction formats. Most of the
characters are depicted to be very
violent. They are also supposed to
be viewed as funny and not to
be taken seriously. The news view
of the mentally ill isnt good
either. The article says, news
representations of mental illness
echo those found in the
entertainment media and are
largely inaccurate and negative.
This causes people to get the
wrong idea about mental illness.
They can be functional in
society. Most of them arent
dangerous at all.
This article discusses how the
media in the UK has been trying
to get better at covering mental
illness. They used to use pretty
insensitive headlines like The
Suns Bonkers Bruno Locked
Up. The use of the words such
as Bonkers, nuts, and
psycho are examples of the bad
language the media uses. The
media have acknowledged this
problem and are trying get better.
The Sun did change their headline
to Sad Bruno in Mental Home.
Although, there is evidence that
the terminology has gotten worse
since 1997 according to the
article.
This book is a collection of essays
on mental illness public view. The
illnesses range from facial ticks to
schizophrenia. From the media,
movies, cartoons. How are
peoples views of mental illness
affected by these formats? I have
not gotten this book yet and no
Thoughts
This, honestly, doesnt
surprise me. As a kid
growing up in the US,
I have watched a ton
of tv. I cant count the
amount of times I have
seen a character named
Crazy Steve or
something like that. At
the time, I thought that
was funny. Of course I
did along with all of
my sisters. This
stereotyping is
disgusting and it
obviously cant be
good for the treatment
of mentally ill people.
This article is
refreshing to hear. At
least the media is
trying to get better at
it. I am sad to see that
the problem has gotten
worse since 1997 but I
do appreciate the fact
that the news want to
be more sensitive.
Hopefully, this trend
will continue.
to be continued.
sooner.
This is really
surprising. Whenever I
thought of Abraham
Lincoln I thought of
this jolly, wise man
who had big dreams.
This is probably
wrong, now. It does
not surprise me that a
mentally ill person
helped society in some
way but I didnt
imagine one to be a
President! Not even
arguably one of the
most influential
president this nation
has ever seen! That is
amazing! This puts the
discrimination into
even more perspective
of how horrible it is!