Entertainment & media depiction suggestions for portraying behavioral health conditions: Mental illness and substance abuse disorders

2015

(For resources, this is the publication date. For programs, this is the date posted.)

Information

Manual
Entertainment Industries Council
Entertainment Industries Council

See This Resource

http://www.eiconline.org/wp-content/uploads/Depiction-Suggestions-2015.pdf

These guidelines provide suggestions for accurate portrayal, words and tone, ways in which the media can educate, treatment, focusing on recovery and encouraging help-seeking for common mental health conditions, substance use and behaviors such as bullying and suicide.