Tulsa World: Mental Health Association Oklahoma CEO: 'Joker' gives 'completely false impression' of mental illness
While the “Joker” movie continues to slay box office records, one of Oklahoma’s leading mental health advocates is concerned that the film may also wrongly lead some to link mental illness with ...
Mental Health Association Oklahoma CEO: 'Joker' gives 'completely false impression' of mental illness
Salon: “Joker: Folie à Deux” refers to a real mental illness in its title — and is great at showing it
When "Joker" hit theaters in 2019, I criticized the movie in a review that called out its shallow and problematic depictions of mental illness. Yes, "Joker" was very entertaining as a gritty Martin ...
“Joker: Folie à Deux” refers to a real mental illness in its title — and is great at showing it
There is a scene in Joker in which Joaquin Phoenix’s titular character is shown in flashback slamming his head against the wall of an asylum cell. We gather that the experience was not helpful. For ...
In the recent musical courtroom drama, Joker: Folie a Deux, the Joker’s relationship with psychiatrist, Harleen Quinzel, MD (a.k.a. Harley Quinn), is reimagined on the silver screen. This 2024 sequel ...
The document is an opening commentary authored by Dévora Kestel, Director of the Department of Mental Health, Brain Health, and Substance Use at the World Health Organisation. It discusses the prominence of mental health in the preparations for the upcoming UN General Assembly high-level meeting on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in September 2025.
Mental health and NCDs: A shared but differentiated agenda for the 2025 ...