Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of television shows featuring mental illness


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The result was delete. --Bongwarrior (talk) 00:41, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

List of television shows featuring mental illness

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Lacks notability, unmanageable and far too selective list that is, at best, served by a category or discussed in the appropriate mental illness articles as part of the over all discussion of that illness in popular culture. Failed PROD (with reason of "probably controversial"). Collectonian (talk) 03:09, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The criteria are far too broad for this -- I agree that Monk deals with OCD quite prominently, but a lot of these are far less obvious. This list is maybe 0.01% complete, not to mention quite indiscriminate and unsourced. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells•Otter chirps) 03:16, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete the list is nothing but medical shows and crime dramas. I think it would be hard to find a medical condition that has not been featured on ER. There is nothing notable about this at all.  I could see if they listed Monk since the main character has OCD and it's a main component of the show, but I'm sure that is already covered on a list of characters somewhere. I'm pretty sure every long running tv series could be included in this list since there seems to be no inclusion criteria. Ridernyc (talk) 03:19, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep This list is important for a: research purposes, and b: support for people with mental illnesses. Please allow it to organically expand (with proper sourcing!. -- Ļıßζېấשּׂ~ۘ  Ώƒ ﻚĢęخ (talk) 03:21, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, Ridernyc and TenPoundHammer-Kangie 03:24, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete It is original research and fancruft. ― LADY GALAXY 14:58, 17 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Hard to believe that this stayed up as long as it did. It's the classic indiscriminate list, where the names of some TV shows are listed after a particular disease, with no clue as to why.  While I commend Librarian above for urging that this may have potential, it's not at all helpful either as a research tool or as a show of support for a person needing treatment for a mental illness.  Clinical depression is not helped by watching an episode of "General Hospital", nor by seeing in a Wikipedia article that the illness was featured on a TV show.  Mandsford (talk) 04:10, 18 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete. With apologies to anyone who finds the page useful. No clear inclusion criteria.  What does "featured" mean -- does the illness have to be part of the main plot to be counted as "featured", or merely appear?  Does the illness merely have to be named in the show?  Does it even have to be named?  Many fictional characters have unique traits and problems;  they could be deemed by Wikipedians to have some illness or other, which would be OR. --Coppertwig (talk) 04:06, 20 January 2008 (UTC)


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