answer:Not really. I know too many people who have mental illness to let a TV show really influence it. I think the most negative thing happening right now in the media regarding mental illness is the reporting of mass shootings and the political debate of gun control that is always brought into the discussion. The right seems hell bent on really focusing on mental illness being the cause and not guns, and whatever people think about guns, it still keeps the conversation about how these “crazy” people need to be spotted early before they snap. I have a feeling too many people kind of link upmalmost any mental illness to the possibility of criminal behavior. That is the biggest problem I see with how the media “covers” mental illness. Not everyone who commits a murder is mentally ill, but right now people seem to think that. In turn some people think the mentally ill are dangerous. It’s a horrible and untrue generalization. I haven’t watch Homeland since the first season. I thought it was a great show. I thought they did an ok job regarding her being bipolar, but I have not seen recent shows. In the first season it was frustrating that people close to her were not beleiving her because of her diagnosis. I think that happens a lot, they get dismissed or not paid attention to when they are under stress and having trouble.