This book offers a detailed critical analysis of the representation of mental health conditions across a range of fictional and factual genres in film, television and radio, thus presenting an understanding of the ways in which media forms construct a mental health space, portray the related realities and identities, organize meaning about mental health through language, and addresses audiences in respect of a range of mental health issues.
Contents: Foreword; Preface; A note about language and mental health; Introduction; Mediating mental health; Critical contexts; Historical contexts for popular meanings of 'madness'. An outline of the case studies; Phase one genre studies 1: film; Phase one genre studies 2: news and documentary; Phase one genre studies 3: drama; Phase two, part 1: the community project: reception study; Phase two, part 2: the community project: production study: exploring change: approach, alternative images and practices; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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