Malcolm X, a human rights activist, once said: “The media is the most powerful entity on Earth. They have the power to make the innocent innocent and the guilty innocent, and that is power. Because they control the minds of the masses." Through numerous studies and a considerable amount of research, it has become clear that the media has a significant effect on society and its perception. This applies to all topics, but especially to issues that the masses can hardly experience on their own. For example, our views about government and social institutions are based largely on media reports, not our experiences. The topic of mental disorders is particularly difficult for the masses to address or experience directly. This makes the main source of information about mental disorders the media's portrayal of them, and these portrayals influence the media's perception of mentally ill people and mental health professionals. Unfortunately, the media does not always portray the topic of mental disorders in a positive light. There are numerous examples that describe mentally ill people as violent and dangerous. These create negative misconceptions about mental disorders and cause discrimination and stigmatization of people suffering from mental disorders along with the community that strives to help them. This essay will discuss the consequences of the media's portrayal of mental disorders by highlighting how the mass media is the main source of information for the public, looking at how the media portrays mental disorders through examples and their effects, and highlighting the negative consequences that the portrayal of mental disorders in the media has on the mentally ill and mental health practitioner......middle of paper......patients and mental health professionals. The fact that mental illnesses are routinely belittled and ridiculed supports this notion. For some, this may not seem like a serious problem. However, it was concluded that the negative consensus that forms through misconceptions and stereotypes created by inaccurate reporting and exaggerated representations can tolerate discrimination against the mentally ill and even influence actions taken by governments to support communities working to help the mentally ill. mentally ill. We, as a society, have an obligation to spread positive images of the mentally ill and to strive to portray them and mental health workers in a more optimistic light. It is important that the public can more easily access accurate information about mental disorders and fully understand what it can do for the mentally ill.