Mental health treatments and the influence of culture: portrayals of hypnotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy in Singaporean television dramas

• Main Authors: Matthews, Graham John, Ho, Melissa
• Other Authors: School of Humanities
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Arts and Humanities; Medicine, Health and Life Sciences; Psychiatry; Literature and medicine
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/180779
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Stigma is one of the chief reasons for treatment-avoidant behaviour among people with mental health conditions. Stigmatising attitudes are spread through multiple determinants, including but not limited to: (i) individual beliefs; (ii) interpersonal influences; (iii) local cultural values and (iv) s...