PsychoMedia: the combined effect of exploitation movies and news reports which stereotype anyone who has entered or fallen into the mental health system, leading to the implied conclusion that all people labeled mentally-ill are violent and deranged (a form of media propaganda that Aldous Huxley referred to as "persuasion-by-association").

Does the Media Report the News or Create the News? December 1, 2009, 8:40 pm    VA Tech, etc.: media links psychosis & violence; they rarely cross paths in my experience - photonista May 5, 2007, 12:40 pm Protesting in Toledo, Ohio with mental illness sign - Michael John Lake October 24, 2006, 3:57 am Young male actors portraying mentally ill characters - benny22 February 9, 2006, 7:03 am Article by Vera Sharav on Experimentation on Mentally Ill - Denise September 25, 2004, 7:31 pm Re: Article by Vera Sharav on Experimentation on Mentally Ill - abby's mother February 2, 2006, 12:38 am The Need for Choice in the Mental Health System - Denise September 25, 2004, 7:28 pm Hi - Sheila August 25, 2004, 7:04 am Re: Hi - Rand December 31, 2004, 12:38 am trying to become an advocate need help - Randal June 29, 2004, 11:10 pm Re: trying to become an advocate need help - Rose July 15, 2004, 11:55 am Re: trying to become an advocate need help - Rand August 23, 2004, 11:31 am for webmaster - re: exploitation - anonymous May 19, 2004, 8:28 pm Re: for webmaster - re: exploitation - rand pierce June 28, 2004, 12:13 pm Re: for webmaster - re: exploitation - Anoymous May 20, 2006, 3:27 pm Re: for webmaster - re: exploitation IF U KNOW IT'S HAPPENING YOU'RE NOT ILL! & *ALTERNATE REMARKS* - photonista May 5, 2007, 11:28 am gothika - J.G April 13, 2004, 2:36 am Even the "good guys" The Incredible Hulk" twisted... - Marci January 26, 2004, 6:27 pm New television show, called "what should you do"? - susan November 15, 2003, 11:44 pm Re: New television show, called "what should you do"? - Lynda Appell November 29, 2003, 10:32 pm Re: New television show, called "what should you do"? - Susan December 5, 2003, 11:02 pm Re: New television show, called "what should you do"? - keenan December 7, 2003, 8:12 pm Hollywood Movies - Denise November 5, 2003, 5:31 pm Pseudoscience in Psych blog - Alex Chernavsky September 4, 2003, 3:35 pm Re: Pseudoscience in Psych blog - susan September 8, 2003, 10:32 pm The Abuses of Psychiatrists. - Juan Galis-Menendez September 4, 2003, 9:58 am Re: The Abuses of Psychiatrists. - Rand September 12, 2003, 11:32 am Re: The Abuses of Psychiatrists. - Juan Galis-Menendez September 13, 2003, 9:11 am Re: The Abuses of Psychiatrists. - rand September 15, 2003, 12:26 pm Re: The Abuses of Psychiatrists. - Juan Galis-Menendez February 12, 2004, 10:34 am Re: The Abuses of Psychiatrists. - Juan Galis-Menendez June 18, 2004, 10:30 pm Re: The Abuses of Psychiatrists. - Juan Galis-Menendez October 1, 2007, 12:55 pm Looking for a support group for the sig. others of the unwell - susan September 3, 2003, 12:27 am Hello - Rand August 22, 2003, 12:01 pm Movie:Lunatics, A Love Story - Lynda Appell July 22, 2003, 10:04 pm Still happening - sulaigah June 24, 2003, 2:08 am The movie "The Cell" - Susan February 11, 2003, 10:55 pm Re: The movie "The Cell" - .-g February 18, 2003, 7:36 pm Re: The movie "The Cell" - Susan! February 22, 2003, 12:12 am Re: The movie "The Cell" - -.g February 22, 2003, 11:53 am Re: The movie "The Cell" - Susan February 25, 2003, 10:23 pm Re: The movie "The Cell" - .g March 5, 2003, 9:55 pm Re: The movie "The Cell" - Susan March 5, 2003, 11:36 pm Re: The movie "The Cell" - w m wani July 19, 2004, 10:32 am Re: The movie "The Cell" - Q September 11, 2004, 7:31 am The good, the bad, and the ugly - Liz August 20, 2002, 1:49 am Re: The good, the bad, and the ugly - Lisa September 21, 2002, 10:45 pm Re: The good, the bad, and the ugly - mino May 24, 2004, 1:15 pm label of mentally ill - Jerome July 23, 2002, 8:55 pm A beautiful Mind - Susan July 23, 2002, 8:49 pm Re: A beautiful Mind - David@seecinemania.com July 24, 2002, 7:01 pm Re: A beautiful Mind - susan February 11, 2003, 10:48 pm Somones gotta be blamed right? - Erica Marie June 23, 2002, 6:02 pm Re: Somones gotta be blamed right? - Rand September 12, 2003, 11:40 am Re: Somones gotta be blamed right? - BINISH.K.K January 14, 2004, 6:37 am it is about time...... - LISA November 26, 2001, 2:35 am Bravo - Tomas Normile August 28, 2001, 9:56 pm lost my child custody due to depression - Lynn August 25, 2001, 12:14 pm I feel you, girl! - Anastasia March 26, 2004, 6:21 pm Re: lost my child custody due to depression - Liza April 13, 2004, 12:18 am What can we do to stop this "madness"? - Dwayne Mayes August 10, 2001, 9:48 pm Re: What can we do to stop this "madness"? - Rand September 12, 2003, 12:27 pm Stigma - Mervyn Matthews August 4, 2001, 10:46 pm Re: Stigma - lucy April 7, 2004, 12:30 am We are our own worst enemy! - Leon July 25, 2001, 1:51 pm 60 Minutes II report "Call for Help" - Doris Busch Boskey July 24, 2001, 11:17 pm Re: 60 Minutes II report "Call for Help" - Felicia McCarty August 29, 2003, 12:32 am How Wrong They Are! - Terry July 16, 2001, 2:33 pm CineMania - Angela July 1, 2001, 11:30 am Impressive work... - Diana June 28, 2001, 7:37 pm The top movie thriller of the last 100 years. - David@seecinemania.com June 16, 2001, 11:55 am An Unquiet Mind in production - Denise November 5, 2003, 5:28 pm Re: An Unquiet Mind in production - Rose Marie January 14, 2004, 12:23 am Re: An Unquiet Mind in production - Cindy March 30, 2004, 5:36 pm Re: An Unquiet Mind in production - John Hereth April 10, 2005, 6:43 pm Re: An Unquiet Mind in production - David April 11, 2005, 4:38 am Does the Media Report the News or Create the News? 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