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7 Shows that Do a Good Job Discussing Mental Health

Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Audrey Thorne
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Harvard chapter.

The stigma against people with mental health disorders has been rampant in television since it began, however some television creators have incorporated nuanced portrayals of real diagnosis into their shows, giving more visibility to people with struggles from anxiety to Multiple Personality Disorder. 

 

TV Show: Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Character: Rebecca

Diagnosis: Borderline Personality Disorder

 

TV Show: Shameless

Character: Ian

Diagnosis: Bipolar Disorder with delusions

 

TV Show: Sherlock

Character: Sherlock

Diagnosis: High Functioning Autism

 

TV Show: Black-ish

Character: Rainbow

Diagnosis: Postpartum Depression

 

 

TV Show: This is Us

Character: Randall

Diagnosis: Anxiety

 

 

TV Show: The United States of Tara

Character: Tara

Diagnosis: Dissociative Identity Disorder

 

 

TV Show: Broad City

Character: Ilana

Diagnosis: Seasonal Affective Disorder

 

 

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Audrey Thorne

Harvard '19

Audrey is a Senior in Pforzheimer house. She likes writing, adventure, Tatte, and doing things ironically it's no longer ironic. She's also Co-Campus Coordinator of the Her Campus Harvard branch.