Mental illness has been a part of television shows as long as there has been television. Characters in sitcoms, dramas, and reality shows often display and battle depression, anxiety, relationship problems, addictions, and psychotic symptoms, and the medium is a key player in creating and …
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I think that shows should be more up front about showing content that involves mental health issues. For example, there’s a Canadian show on Style called “Maxed Out” that attempts to steer people from a death-spiral of spending habits into financial success. After spending time with these people, it becomes apparent that they’re often suffering from some type of mental illness or other delusion that contributed to their problems.
It would be helpful to viewers to understand more about the conditions, how to identify them, how to get treatment, etc… but then again, it’s only a half hour show (with ~22 min of real content).