When Hollywood touches on our research

The Personal Social Services Research Unit at LSE (PSSRU) recently contributed to the LSE Literary Festival with a discussion on ‘Perception of Madness: understanding mental illness through art, literature and drama’. Dr Sarah Carr, Paul Farmer, Nathan Filer and Dr John McGowan provided interesting perspectives on the different, but changing nature of illustrating mental illness in movies and stories. They discussed opportunities to improve the general understanding of complex mental health conditions as well as the contribution to counter stigma.