ABC's Mental As ... it’s OK to laugh about mental health

Title
ABC's Mental As ... it’s OK to laugh about mental health
Publication Date
2014-10-09
Author(s)
Hopgood, Fincina
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1505-9956
Email: fhopgood@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fhopgood
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
The Conversation Media Group Ltd
Place of publication
Australia
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/31119
Abstract
So what’s funny about mental illness? Very little. It can be hard to smile, let alone laugh, when every day feels like a wet blanket. When someone makes a joke about mental illness, it often trivialises and dismisses another person’s suffering, revealing how much fear, taboo and misinformation surround the issue. In this context, laughing at mental illness acts as a defence mechanism, a nervous response that protects one person from empathising with another’s pain and anguish.
Link
link
Citation
The Conversation, v.Arts + Culture, p. 1-4
ISSN
2201-5639
1441-8681
Start page
1
End page
4
Rights
Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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