Portrayal of violent male psychiatric patients by entertainment media and the stigma of psychiatric illness

Aust N Z J Psychiatry. 2015 Sep;49(9):849. doi: 10.1177/0004867415579465. Epub 2015 Mar 31.

Authors

Timothy Rice¹, Leon Hoffman², Leo Sher³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Timothy.rice@mssm.edu.
² Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA New York Psychoanalytic Society & Institute, New York, NY, USA.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA Department of Psychiatry, James J Peters VA Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.

PMID: 25829483
DOI: 10.1177/0004867415579465

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Humans
Male
Men*
Mental Disorders
Motion Pictures*
Schizophrenia*
Social Stigma*
Stereotyping*
Violence*