'Mental Illness: The stigma of silence' by actress Glenn Close

“Even as the medicine and therapy for mental health disorders have made remarkable progress, the ancient social stigma of psychological illness remains largely intact. Families are loath to talk about it and, in movies and the media, stereotypes about the mentally ill still reign.

Whether it is Norman Bates in Psycho, Jack Torrance in The Shining, or Kathy Bates’ portrayal of Annie Wilkes in Misery, scriptwriters invariably tell us that the mentally ill are dangerous threats who must be contained, if not destroyed…”

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    Well said Ms. Close, well said
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    I wish people would realize that the mental illness isn’t who the person is entirely there is more to them than their...
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