Telling Our Stories

A common theme for many of the reviews published in the Media Forum is a book, movie, TV show, or other media source that allows someone with a mental health diagnosis to tell their story. This can be an opportunity to better understand the day-to-day life and what that can feel like. It is a way to see the pain, struggles, and joy that come with mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the times that we made mistakes as a profession and how that impacted an individual or a group. There are many of these stories, and it might be hard to find what might be the best for you as a child and adolescent psychiatrist to read or watch. Hopefully, the Media Forum represents a source to find which ones fit your interest to better help you understand a patient experience or to help each of us to strive to be a better psychiatrist.