Mental Health Issues+ the media: An Introduction for health professionals by Gary Morris
As a visual medium, film provides a number of mental health representations that cover the whole spectrum from the sensitive and subtle through to the insensitive and grossly exaggerated.
The latter creates the greater impact and is more memorable for the viewer
Perhaps the first clue we are given regarding somebody's mental health relates to the way in which they appear to us
The characterisation of mental illness is usually achieved through various stereotypical cues that leave the audience with little difficulty in discriminating between those who don't.
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