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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wahl, Otto F.
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©1995.
Accès en ligne:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18324
Table des matières:
  • Madness, madness everywhere
  • Words and laughter
  • A breed apart
  • Murder and mayhem
  • So what?
  • So, why?
  • Future images
  • Exit lines.