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Title: Productive Interventions: Collaborative Script Development for Stories About Mental Health Issues and Suicide
Contributor(s): Hopgood, Fincina  (author)orcid 
Publication Date: 2021
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-82234-7_32
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/52288
Abstract: 

An increasing number of films and TV shows across diverse genres are portraying mental health issues, from Homeland, United States of Tara, Please Like Me and 13 Reasons Why, to Little Miss Sunshine, Mental and Split. While some have been welcomed as sensitive and empathetic portrayals, others have proved controversial, prompting debate about screen producers' ethical responsibilities. To explore this debate and, specifically, the role of writers in developing scripts about mental health issues, this chapter examines the case study of Mindframe for Stage and Screen, a collaboration between the Australian Writers' Guild and mental health organisations SANE Australia and Everymind. First developed in 2007, Mindframe's guidelines are internationally recognised as best practice for responsible and accurate portrayals of mental ill-health and suicide. Mindframe provides resources to support writers during script development, including access to research, expert advice and lived experiences. These resources are critical for developing scripts that move beyond stereotypes towards portrayals that are original, innovative and authentic.

Publication Type: Book Chapter
Source of Publication: The Palgrave Handbook of Script Development, p. 469-484
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Cham, Switzerland
ISBN: 9783030822347
9783030822330
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 360505 Screen media
360201 Creative writing (incl. scriptwriting)
470106 Media industry studies
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 200409 Mental health
280122 Expanding knowledge in creative arts and writing studies
130204 The media
HERDC Category Description: B1 Chapter in a Scholarly Book
WorldCat record: https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1257890232
Editor: Editor(s): Stayci Taylor and Craig Batty
Appears in Collections:Book Chapter
School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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