Psychology Goes to Hollywood to Dispel the Stigma of Mental Illness

Source: APA MonitorHelen Hsu was about 350 miles from Hollywood—and a million more miles mentally—when producers called. It was 2016, and Hsu was providing clinical care for low-income children and families and overseeing a public school–based counseling program. She rarely, if ever, watched TV. But the folks on the line invited Hsu to consult on the Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why, which depicted the impact of a teen's suicide on her classmates. Hsu was in.