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CLINICAL KEY Q; How are mental health issues portrayed in the media?…
CLINICAL KEY Q; How are mental health issues portrayed in the media?
Types of media;
TV Documentaries. E.g. Stephan Fry 'Secret life of a manic depressive'. E.g. BBC Horizon 'How mad are you'
Film; E.g. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Website; E.g. Timetochange- Moto 'Lets end mental health discrimination'
INTRO;
Statistic; 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem at some point in their life.
How common in society? How POWERFUL the media is in education people on mental health. It contains misinformation and displays it negatively. E.g. Soaps like Eastenders. This leads to stigma. Like TV characters with mental health being shown as more aggressive. SIGNORIELLI (1989) found that 72% of characters with a mental illness on prime time TV were violent.
People learn through social media, TV fiction and documentaries, newspapers, films and websites.
PARA 2;
'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's nest' (1975) film
Portrayed patients in a negative way. Similar to Rosenhan's research it shows how once you get a label you are treated differently. E.g. the main character Mc Murphy wasn't actually ill he just pretended to be but was treated differently. Suggests that people with mental health problems need to be controlled, through drugs, ECT and labotomy
Levers (2001) did a content analysis of how mental health is portrayed in Hollywood over the last 50 years found that mental health was largely portrayed as passive, pathetic or comical and is most frequently portrayed as dangerous; requiring restraints and invasive procedures. These depictions don't reflect the reality of mental illness.
PARA 1;
Rosenhan's (1973) research highlights the problems with labelling and mistakes the psychiatrists made, for example, the longest stay for one of the ppts was 52 days.
Modern day replication of Rosenhan's research the BBC Horizon 'How mad are you?' (2008). 3 psychiatrists diagnosed 2/5 ilness' correctly. This tried to educate it's viewers on mental health disorders and how hard it is to diagnose, and how people get treated. It tried to decrease the stigma attached to mental health. The inaccuracies of the psychiatrists suggests if the use of labelles are still needed.
PARA 4;
Websites like Time to change and mind produce campaigns which aim to normalise mental health, pass acts to help metal health treatment and raise awareness.
PARA 3;
More recent portrayals of metal health aim to be more informative to try and increase empathy towards them. For example, using celebrities to create positive role models of metal health. E.g. Stephen fry documentary used Robbie Williams and Carry Fisher. Additionally, the Royal Family, Harry and Williams are speaking out to increase the awareness. More role models encourages more people to speak out and share their story giving them more confidence. The Stephen Fry documentary also showed a two way relationship with the clinician a more humane form of treatment