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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Bibliografische gegevens
Hoofdauteur: Wahl, Otto F.
Formaat: Licensed eBooks
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©1995.
Online toegang:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=18324
Inhoudsopgave:
  • Madness, madness everywhere
  • Words and laughter
  • A breed apart
  • Murder and mayhem
  • So what?
  • So, why?
  • Future images
  • Exit lines.