Are psychiatrists demonised in fiction?
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Presenter: Jackie Hopson
Published: February 2015
Age: 14-19 and upwards
Views: 2094 views
Tags: psychiatrist;fiction;evil;abuser;charlatan
Type: Interviews
Source/institution: University of Exeter
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Jacqueline Hopson is a PhD student at the University of Exeter, who has just published a paper on the demonization of psychiatrists in fiction in The Psychiatric Bulletin. Raj Persaud discusses with her why her research leads her to believe that psychiatry is treated badly by novelists.
