The Mental Health Media Guide is an interactive tool that presents best practices and evidence-based recommendations to support storytellers at any phase in the production process, across topics and with an eye towards representing diverse communities.

Mental Health Action Day encourages and empowers everyone to take action for themselves, for their loved ones, or for their community based on what works best for them.

Mental illnesses, also known as psychiatric disorders, are often inaccurately portrayed in the media. Films, television programs, books, magazines, and news programs often stereotype the mentally ill as being violent or unpredictable, unlike the great majority of the actual mentally ill.

Created by Kristen Dunphy and inspired by her own experiences as a patient, new series Wakefield is a fictional drama mystery set in a psychiatric hospital in the Blue Mountains. Wakefield presents a nuanced, multi-layered story about mental health through its ensemble cast.

Join the World Mental Health Day 2023 campaign to learn more about your basic right to mental health as well as how to protect the rights of others.

MTV Entertainment Group Convened by MTV Entertainment Group, Mental Health Action Day is an open-source movement, aimed at motivating people to take action to get mental health support - whether for themselves, their loved ones or for everyone by advocating for systemic changes for mental health access and equity.

A Beautiful Mind A Beautiful Mind is based on the true story of John Forbes Nash Jr., a mathematical genius who struggled with schizophrenia. Played by Russell Crowe, the film gives a glimpse into the paranoia and delusions that those dealing with schizophrenia can experience.

Many TV shows and movies showcase mental illness as something desirable and attractive. Other examples include The Virgin Suicides, Fight Club, Euphoria and Black Swan. In some cases, it's not the show itself that's romanticized, it's a specific character that is shown and people strive to be similar to them.

According to TVWeek, Jacqueline McKenzie, Derek Webster, Nicholas Gonzalez, and Marisa Ramirez were added to the cast of Mental, "probably as recurrent characters." Due to declining ratings, Fox cancelled the show following its first season.

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

Raising awareness of mental health will allow more students to identify potential concerns and address them, as well as reduce stigma surrounding mental illness.

This year's theme is "Mental health is a universal human right."