The studies, commissioned by MTV Entertainment Studios in partnership with the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and Media Impact Project, found more positive portrayals of mental health on TV.
We know that TV has the power to change minds on political and social issues. But what if it can change minds about mental health? Two studies, both published Thursday, looked at depictions of mental health on TV. They were commissioned by MTV Entertainment Studios as part of its Mental Health Storytelling Initiative and Mental Health Media Guide, which lists resources and advocates that are available to teach creators about best practices for talking about mental health in their works.
Some of this may not seem too surprising; the study found that viewers of “Couples Therapy,” the much-lauded Showtime docuseries that takes viewers inside psychoanalyst Orna Guralnik’s sessions with her patients, saw the greatest change in personal stigma of mental health in all the shows it studied and, compared to an equivalent sample of nonviewers, were significantly more likely to both discuss mental health and seek information about it.
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