HLTHAGE 1CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Media Matters For America, Bipolar Disorder, Mental Disorder
6 May 2019
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Media depictions: tv news, newspapers, literature, movies, social media, very little things unconsciously changes the way a person understands what mental illness is. Implies illness as the source and reason for behaviour: leads to conflating actions and diagnosis more generally, reinforces that mental illness guides a persons actions. "people with bipolar disorder are like x: the media is pressured by industry standards to sell this, rather than diving into the full complexity of these issues. Major themes: dangerous and violent, on tv, 1 in 4 mentally ill individuals murder, 50% commit violent acts, unpredictable, that people cannot be contained or predict their behaviour. Lacking intelligence: people conflate mental disorder with intellectual impairment. Females as insatiable seductresses: mad genius, can create works of art but only through the suffering of their illness, romanticized. Misrepresentations: media discourse has driven popular misunderstanding of terms, illnesses, treatments, ideas, etc.
