TY - BOOK AU - Wahl,Otto F. TI - Media madness: public images of mental illness SN - 0585118647 AV - P96.M452 U68 1995eb U1 - 362.2 20 PY - 1995/// CY - New Brunswick, NJ PB - Rutgers University Press KW - Mental illness in mass media KW - Mass media KW - United States KW - Maladies mentales dans les médias KW - PSYCHOLOGY KW - Mental Health KW - bisacsh KW - Mental Illness KW - MEDICAL KW - fast KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Madness, madness everywhere -- Words and laughter -- A breed apart -- Murder and mayhem -- So what? -- So, why? -- Future images -- Exit lines N2 - From Psycho, Silence of the Lambs, Kojak, and Melrose Place, from books, music, cartoons, advertising, and newspapers, we all derive our images of mental illness. These omnipresent media portrayals are at the least insensitive, inaccurate, and unfavorable and at the worst stigmatizing and pernicious. In this important book, Dr. Otto Wahl examines the prevalence, nature, and impact of such depictions, using numerous examples from film, television, and print media. He documents the remarkable frequency of these images and demonstrates how the media has stereotyped the mentally ill through exaggeration, misunderstanding, ridicule, and disrespect. Media Madness also shows the damaging consequences of such stereotypes - stigma, rejection, loss of self-esteem, reluctance to seek, accept, or reveal psychiatric treatment, discrimination, and restriction of opportunity. The forces that shape current images of mental illness are clarified, as are the efforts of organizations and individuals to combat such exploitation UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18324 ER -