"Most violence is caused by mental illness"

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As you (bizarrely) are unaware of the negative press around mental health and reside in some kind of a vacuum, I thought it probably best to leave you with your comic books.

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If you retain any knowledge of me at all then you know mental health is any area I care very much about.

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In case you missed it.

'Studies consistently show that both entertainment and news media provide overwhelmingly dramatic and distorted images of mental illness that emphasise dangerousness, criminality and unpredictability. They also model negative reactions to the mentally ill, including fear, rejection, derision and ridicule. The consequences of negative media images for people who have a mental illness are profound. They impair self-esteem, help-seeking behaviours, medication adherence and overall recovery. Mental health advocates blame the media for promoting stigma and discrimination toward people with a mental illness. However, the media may also be an important ally in challenging public prejudices, initiating public debate, and projecting positive, human interest stories about people who live with mental illness.'

Instead of just picking out the word 'entertainment' why not process the rest of the quote?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Of course it is.

Studies consistently show that both entertainment and news media provide overwhelmingly dramatic and distorted images of mental illness that emphasise dangerousness, criminality and unpredictability. They also model negative reactions to the mentally ill, including fear, rejection, derision and ridicule. The consequences of negative media images fo ...[text shortened]... uman interest stories about people who live with mental illness.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

You are correct Ghost.

The media is merely projecting what society fears. The mentally ill and physically handicapped are the victims of the biases and prejudices of an uninformed society, fomented by the media and Hollywood.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
If you retain any knowledge of me at all then you know mental health is any area I care very much about.

You spent a couple of years here at RHP trying to give people the impression that you were a mental health practitioner until you were called out for it.

I think what you are doing on this thread is posturing self-centeredly rather than demonstrating that you care.

@josephw said
You are correct Ghost.

The media is merely projecting what society fears. The mentally ill and physically handicapped are the victims of the biases and prejudices of an uninformed society, fomented by the media and Hollywood.

Dive clearly lives in a parallel dimension.

@fmf said
You spent a couple of years here at RHP trying to give people the impression that you were a mental health practitioner until you were called out for it.

I think what you are doing on this thread is posturing self-centeredly rather than demonstrating that you care.

Nonsense. I have always openly said I work in mental health and corrected people (like Robbie) who called me a shrink.

How about addressing my last post?

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I don't think that's true.