The way the media portrays mental illnesses like hoarding and OCD maintain harmful stereotypes

The way the media portrays mental illnesses like hoarding and OCD maintain harmful stereotypes
- While the media has created more visibility for mental health issues, it also tends to create and maintain harmful stereotypes that misinterpret actual behaviors, specifically hoarding, a type of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), to extremes. “Movies and TV present OCD as quirky or fun. Characters ...