{"product_id":"media-madness-public-images-of-mental-illness-paperback-softback-9780813522135","title":"Media Madness; Public Images of Mental Illness (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813522135","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eMedia Madness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePublic Images of Mental Illness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eOtto F. Wahl (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813522135\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 September 1997\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e242 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.34 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 1996 Gustavus Myers Award for an Outstanding Book on Human Rights in North America\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Media Madness is a most timely, readable, and useful book, exposing, as it does, the myths about mental illness that most of us live by--myths that are as destructive as they are pervasive. Wahl is especially good at showing, in detail, the many ways in which false views of mental illness, purveyed in the media, shape the ways even the most enlightened of us view the world around us. A most thoughtful, stimulating book, from which I learned a great deal.\" --Jay Neugeboren, author of I\u003ci\u003emagining Robert: My Brother, Madness, and Survival--A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"An outstanding book . . . well-researched . . . it is 'must reading.'\" --Laurie Flynn, former executive director, National Alliance for the Mentally Ill \"The rampant inaccuracies about mental illnesses in newspapers, magazines, movies, and books make it clear that this is not merely stereotyping, but rather a pervasive ignorance. Dr. Wahl's book goes far to explain where the errors are and to educate and sensitize the reader to frequent inaccuracies. In addition, the book is very readable.\" --NAMI Advocate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"What do the media have to do with one's perception of mental illness? Wahl takes an in-depth look a how unfavorable public images of mental illness are often inaccurate. Statistics show that one out of every five people in the U.S. will experience a psychiatric illness. With boldness and sensitivity, Wahl takes a powerful look at the inaccurate stereotypes created by the media.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eChapter One: Madness, Madness Everywhere\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Two: Words and Laughter\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Three: A Breed Apart\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Four: Murder and Mayhem\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Five: So What?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Six: So, Why?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Seven: Future Images\u003cbr\u003e Chapter Eight: Exit Lines\u003cbr\u003e Appendix A: Films about Mental Illness\u003cbr\u003e Appendix B: Television Shows about Mental Illness\u003cbr\u003e Appendix C: Novels about Mentally Ill Killers\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681228779800,"sku":"9780813522135","price":24.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/media-madness-public-images-of-mental-illness-paperback-softback-9780813522135","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}