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Mental Illness on the Silver Screen

By Nathaniel P. Morris, Scientific American

We see plenty of damaging and misleading stereotypes—but some films foster empathy toward people who are suffering.

Mental health facts and statistics

How common are mental health problems? Approximately 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year. In England, 1 in 6 people report experiencing a common mental health problem (such as anxiety and depression) in any given week.

Black and Minority Ethnic communities faced with double the levels of discrimination

By Time to Change

Research released March 2014 shows a shocking 93 per cent of people from Black and Minority Ethnic communities who have mental health problems face discrimination because of them. The report shows people are trying to cope with discrimination across various areas of life, such as finding and keeping a job, relationships and friendships, and social … More

Mental illness in the news and the information media

By Jane Pirkis and Catherine Francis

The mass media is influential in shaping people’s knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. Clarifying the way in which the media informs and misinforms the public in an area like mental illness is particularly important, because community understanding of mental disorders is less than optimal and stigma and discrimination are not uncommon.

Five ways to wellbeing

By New Economics Foundation

A report presented to the Foresight Project on communicating the evidence base for improving people’s well-being.

All in the Mind

By BBC Radio 4

Programme exploring the limits and potential of the human mind.

Film report – Screening madness: A century of negative movie stereotypes of mental illness

By Time to Change

Stigma against people with mental health problems is centuries old: it crosses every national boundary and every culture. This report identifies popular films as a reservoir of prejudice, ignorance and fear that feeds and perpetuates damaging stereotypes of people with mental health problems. It shows the evidence that links powerful negative images with public prejudice.

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