Dramas and soaps 'aid public understanding of mental health issues' Mind survey finds TV plays and reports have valuable role in encouraging people to seek help for anxiety and schizophrenia
Soap operas and news reports about mental health can play a valuable role in increasing understanding of depression, anxiety and schizophrenia, and in encouraging people with problems to seek help, research has suggested.
The mental health charity Mind organised a survey of more than 2,000 people, which found that half of the respondents who had seen a storyline involving a character with mental health problems said it had helped their understanding of the issues. Continue reading... The Guardian
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