Option 1: Media and Mental Illness
- Find a source of information in the media (e.g., newspaper, talk shows, TV programs, films, etc.) that deal directly with mental illness
- You will need to cite this media source in your References page
- Discuss the quality of the coverage, the accuracy/inaccuracy of the images presented, the assumptions made about mental illness, and an overall evaluation of the coverage.
- Be scientific, back up your arguments with the research literature. How does this coverage affect those suffering from the particular form of mental illness covered?
- Could you present the information in a better way? How?
- Your paper will need to be 2 to 5 pages in APA format, not including a title page and reference page. The rubric will be posted on Canvas.
- MUST include a Title page
- MUST include a References page – site the media article, TV show, movie, documentary, magazine article, website page
- Refer to the APA Purdue Owl website
Paper Option 1: Media and Mental Illness
Movies/TV Shows Featuring a Mental Illness Disorder & Characters with Mental Disorder
Movies (not an exhaustive list)
Lights Out
Donnie Darko
Perks of Being a Wallflower
A Beautiful Mind
Split
Hide and Seek
Girl, Interrupted (trigger warning)
A Star is Born
Welcome to Marwen
Love & Other Drugs
Silver Linings Playbook
The Notebook (Alzheimer’s Disorder)
Black Swan
The Soloist
Rain Man
Little Miss Sunshine
To The Bone
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
American Sniper
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Love & Mercy
Benny and Joon
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
Coco (Alzheimer’s)
Glass (2018)
Birdman
American Psycho
Still Alice
On My Block
The Three Faces of Eve
George Jung character in the movie Blow
Roma
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
A Clockwork Orange
Extremely Wicked, Shocking Evil, and Vile
The King’s Speech
What About Bob?
Temple Grandin
Rain Man
T.V. Shows (not an exhaustive list)
This is Us: Randall
Black-ish: Rainbow (Bow) Johnson
Chapelle Show: Tyrone Biggums
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt: Kimmy Schmidt
The Simpsons: Barney Gumble
You: Love and/or Joe
House: Dr. Greg House
Girls: Hannah Horvath
Saved by the Bell: Jessie Spano
Insecure: Molly
Netflix Jessica Jones: Jessica Jones
One Day at a Time: Penelope
BoJack Horseman
You’re the Worst: Gretchen
Grey’s Anatomy: Owen Hunt
Shameless: Ian
Grey’s Anatomy: Christina Yang
Psych: Shawn Spencer
Grey’s Anatomy: Richard Webber
The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon Cooper
Grey’s Anatomy: Miranda Bailey
The Big Bang Theory: Raj Koothrappali
Grey’s Anatomy: Arizona Robbins
Hulu’s show Dave: GaTa
Grey’s Anatomy: Amelia Shepherd
Euphoria: Rue Bennett
Mr. Robot: Elliot
Empire: Andre Lyon
Monk: Adrian Monk
Criminal Minds: Spencer Reid (short time)
Grey’s Anatomy characters (can focus on 1 episode, character, patient, etc.)
Criminal Minds characters (can focus on 1 episode, character, killer, etc.)
The Good Doctor: Shaun Murphy
Atypical: Sam
