Media madness : public images of mental illness /

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...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Wahl, Otto F.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©1995.
Online-Zugang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18324
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Madness, madness everywhere
  • Words and laughter
  • A breed apart
  • Murder and mayhem
  • So what?
  • So, why?
  • Future images
  • Exit lines.