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Stories by Richard A. Friedman

Richard A. Friedman, M.D., is a psychiatrist and professor at the Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also a behavioral science columnist for The New York Times

Stigma: What Hollywood and the Media Teach Us About Mental Illness

From Virginia Tech's Cho to Hannibal Lecter, exaggerated portraits of mental illness show how much we have yet to learn about

psychiatric disorders.
Posted on Aug 5, 2008, Source: The American Prospect