From The Silence of the Lambs to news coverage of Jeffrey Dahmer case, the media paints a detailed and disturbing picture of mental illness. George Mason University sociologist Otto Wahl, author of Media Madness, and James Madison University journalism professor Roger Soenkson discuss media portrayals of mental illness in newspapers, films, and on TV and how it influences public perceptions and treatments.
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