Contents

Acknowledgements

List of figures

List of contributors

1. Introduction: Why depictions of mental illness matter

Malynnda Johnson and Tara Walker

2. "Remember what Dr. Lopez said": Portrayals of mental health care in Nickelodeon's The Loud House

Jerralyn Moudry

3. "And I suffer from short-term memory loss": Understanding presentations of mental health in Pixar's Finding Nemo and Finding Dory through communication theory of identity

Hayley T. Markovich

4. Family narratives and mental illness in This is Us

Ali Gattoni

5. Cognitive differences in Star Trek: The case and evolution of Reginald Barclay

Craig A. Meyer and Daniel Preston

6. Popular culture and the (mis)representation of Asperger's: A study on the sitcoms Community and The Big Bang Theory

Benson Rajan

7. Psychopath, Sociopath, or Autistic: Labeling and framing the brilliance of Sherlock Holmes

Malynnda Johnson

8. When Saga Norén meets neurotypicality: A liminal encounter along The Bridge

Magnus Danielson and Mike Kemani

9. The Girl on the Swing: An analysis of cues and depression in Joe Wright's Pride and Prejudice (2005)

McKenzie L. Caldwell and Rodney F. Dick

10. Depictions of depression and eating disorders in My Mad Fat Diary

Marta Lopera-Mármol, Mónika Jiménez-Morales, and Manel Jiménez-Morales

11. "Portraying real feelings with comedy on top": Postpartum depression storylines and domestic sitcoms

Sarah Symonds LeBlanc

12. Ruby Wax: Comedy, celebrity capital, and (re)presentations of mental illness

Sherryl Wilson

13. Post-traumatic stress disorder in the films Taxi Driver and You Were Never Really Here: A comparative progressive approach

Jason Lee

14. Bipolar and Shameless: Showtime's portrayal of living and working with bipolar disorder

Shannon O'Sullivan

15. Wrestling with eating disorders: Transmedia depictions of body issues in WWE's women's professional wrestling

CarrieLynn D. Reinhard and Christopher J. Olson

16. Conclusion: Destigmatizing mental illness and neurodiversity in entertainment media

Christopher J. Olson