Mental health in Media

Mental health in television: a spectrum

By: Melissa Campos, Kitty Cheung, Winona Young, and Zoe Vedova Mainstream media portrayals of mental health issues and mental illnesses vary enormously, and it can be difficult to tell apart the good from the bad until you’re already almost done the first season. To save you some hours of disappointing TV viewing, The Peak has made a list of shows whose portrayals of mental health range from problematic to nuanced to complex perfection. [caption id="attachment_110154" align="alignnone" width="696"] Image via cosmopolitan[/caption] 13 Reasons Why (Season 1) 2/10 This show’s portrayal of mental health has been widely viewed as problematic. The narrative follows…

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