Health, Sports & Psychology
Homeland, Carrie and how mental health is portrayed on-screen
...managing her mental illness. Season one: the uncompromising Mathison The first season centred on the uncompromising Mathison. She is convinced “war hero” Nicholas Brody is an Al Qaeda agent based on evidence and intuitiveness – rather than delusions. Far from being portrayed as a social failure with few skills or without identifiable employment, she is a high-level...