other The ethics of Hollywood's portrayal of mental health

[Alamson]

The portrayal of mental illness in Hollywood films and TV shows doesn't go down well with me. Mental health is a serious issue and the manner it is portrayed can be stigmatising or wrong. For example, showing that mental illness leads to violent behaviour is grossly inaccurate and stigmatising. I also think the importance of mental health is not really emphasised. What do you think?

 

[Ashake]

The media should have the responsibility to portray mental health as accurately as possible. The examples are too numerous that could be seen everywhere on social media on societal attitudes on mental health. More should be done to curtail this.

 

[Lord Severus]

But we need to call a spade a spade.

It is true that mental illness predisposes people to violence and that is why the vast number of psychiatric wards in a hospital have isolation rooms. That said, I think that the portrayal can be far better than what we see because hardly a very small proportion of people turn violent.