Interestingly, I mentioned this to my wife a minute ago (by email) and she replied by saying that there was a report on the misrepresentation of mental health in the news. I can’t find the news article myself, but try typing ‘misrepresentation of mental health’ into a search engine and you get *dozens* of hits. Here are two that I found interesting:

http://www.livinghealthy360.com/index.php/mental-illness-misrepresented-in-the-film-industry-116415/

and

http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=4&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEsQFjAD&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ukessays.com%2Fessays%2Fsociology%2Fmedia-misrepresentation-of-the-relationship-between-violence-and-mental-disorder-sociology-essay.php&ei=QQo1VN-gOIac7gaXtYCYAg&usg=AFQjCNEG_EA3aqu8h5K9ykZJZQbNVdkjgw&bvm=bv.76943099,d.ZGU