“I Feel Like I Know Them”: the Positive Effect of Celebrity Self-disclosure of Mental Illness

“Currently, the general public is getting the bulk of their mental health education from movies, television, and entertainment news. As such, representation of mental illness matters.  Yet, mental illness is often left out of storytelling.”

Calhoun, A.J., Gold, J.A. “I Feel Like I Know Them”: the Positive Effect of Celebrity Self-disclosure of Mental Illness. Acad Psychiatry 44, 237–241 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-020-01200-5

Full article available in Academic Psychiatry here.