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What comes to your mind when you think of how the media portrays mental health issues? Do you imagine a dishevelled person running rampant in a town or a frightened woman hearing voices as she plots revenge against her unfaithful husband? While it’s pretty common for movies to paint the character of a mental health patient as the ‘bad guy, in reality, they are much more likely to be a victim than a perpetrator. Calling them violent or crazy only promotes a dangerous stereotype and complicates the relationship between mental illness and criminality.
The media has always taught us about people we do not interact with routinely. This gives us constant social cues about the nature of different groups of people, including which ones to praise or scorn, and people with mental health illnesses almost always come in the latter group. Despite the rapid increase in awareness about mental health, the media portrayals of such individuals still skew towards trivialisation and stigmatisation along with various other issues. As a result, all forms of media, including film, television, newspapers, social media, and magazines, have been heavily criticised for disseminating inaccurate descriptions and negative stereotypes of those with mental issues.
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