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Article: Patient's page.(National Mental Health Awareness Month)
- Article from:
- Southern Medical Journal
- Article date:
- May 1, 2007
- Author:
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Quick Quiz: What do the following movies have in common?
As Good as it Gets (1997), Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Dr. T and the Women (2000), The Fisher King (1991), Girl, Interrupted (1999), Hamlet (2000), Secret Window (2004), Sybil (1976), When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and The Hours (2003)?
Answer: They all feature characters who have some type of mental illness. Movies often depict characters with mental illness because it is a part of our everyday lives. In the past, mental illness was thought to be incurable, and patients were cruelly stereotyped and were often institutionalized. Many organizations today are working to overcome the ...