My first source is Schizophrenia by Rebecca J. Frey, an article from The Gale Encyclopedia of Disorder. I found this source in the Gale Virtual Reference Library. The article provides in detail the prognosis of various schizophrenic patients, the sub-types of the disease, causes, symptoms and treatments. This article adds accurate and scholarly information about schizophrenia that is not portrayed in the film Shine. It fits my research topic because unlike in the film Shine that portrays the human mind based on what the writer may see or assume about people with mental illness, this article writes about what has been studied and analyzed about patients suffering from schizophrenia. This scholarly source states that patients often find it difficult to concentrate to concentrate on work, studies, or formerly pleasurable activities because of the constant static or buzz of hallucinated voices.(Frey851)
My second source is The Effects of T.V. and Film Exposure on Knowledge About and Attitudes Toward Mental Disorders by Joachim Kimmerle and Ulrike Cress. I found this source using Ebsco. This article gives me experimental studies on researchers who believe that people don't learn as much watching a film on schizophrenia compared to watching a documentary on the mental disease. This article fits my research topic because I have actual evidence from experiments that films portrayal on the human mind can sometimes show false truths in film which create a lack of knowledge on issues such as schizophrenia. In this article researchers believe people will acquire not only certain attitudes but also basic knowledge about mental disorders from mass media because mental disorders are portrayed in the media largely in a wrong and stigmatizing manner.(Kimmerle&Cress933)
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