The Negative Portrayal Of Schizophrenia In Hollywood

A review of 41 movies (released between 1990 and 2010) that featured at least one main character with schizophrenia found that most characters engaged in dangerous or violent behaviors toward themselves or others, and nearly a third engaged in homicidal behavior. When most people on the street are asked what they know about Schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, they answer with some kind of negative portrayal that Hollywood has implemented in our minds. Some common myths that are perpetrated in the media are that people with mental illness are violent, unpredictable, untreatable and they’re