intellect survey finds TV plays and reports have valuable role in encouraging people to seek aid for anxiety and schizophreniaSoap 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 aid, or research has suggested.
The mental health charity intellect organised a survey of more than 2000 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...
Source: theguardian.com