Mental Health Disorders on Television

Kimberley McMahon-Coleman has a PhD in literature from the University of Wollongong and is an associate professor (academic development) at Charles Sturt University in Australia. Her research interests include the Gothic, Indigenous literature, popular culture, and academic language and learning. Roslyn Weaver has a PhD in literature from the University of Wollongong and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in medical humanities at Western Sydney University. Her research interests include apocalypse, popular culture, children’s literature, and speculative fiction.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefaceIntroductionOne. “I don’t pick up on signs”: Autism Spectrum DisorderTwo. “It’s a gift and a curse”: Obsessive Compulsive DisorderThree. “Tell me who I am”: Schizophrenia and Dissociative Identity DisorderFour. “The inspirational, the enthusiastic, the unusual”: Bipolar DisorderFive. “Maybe I don’t have the right genetic make up”: Depression, Anxiety and ­Post-Traumatic Stress DisorderSix. “The reality is much murkier”: Reality and RepresentationConclusionReferencesIndex

“Each chapter provides an extensive description of the television program and solid scholarly background/definition of the disorder under discussion....Both the bibliography and the detailed index enhance the utility of the volume....recommended”—Choice