Fictional Portrayals of Mental Illness: Impact on Stigma

Susan Hatters-Friedman, MD, shares a preview of her sessions for the APA 2023 Annual Meeting in San Francisco.

-Not Just Hannibal Lecter: Psychiatric Representations in Crime Fiction and Stigmatization

Saturday, May 20, 2023 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

Room 310/311

-Understanding Munchausen’s by Proxy or Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another: Child Abuse by Another Name

Saturday, May 20, 2023 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM PDT

Room 201

-Cult Leaders: The Fine Line Between Mental Illness and Opportunism

Sunday, May 21, 2023 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Room 159

-Deconstructing the Missing White Woman Syndrome: Intimate Partner Crime and Racial Bias in Media Portrayals of Missing Persons Cases

Monday, May 22, 2023 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM PDT

Room 304

Dr Hatters-Friedman is the Phillip J. Resnick Professor of Forensic Psychiatry; a professor of psychiatry, reproductive biology, and pediatrics; and an adjunct professor of law at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.