Abstract
Psychosis in crime fiction is often misrepresented, with psychosis and violence oft being conflated. Three recent popular crime fiction novels considered are Shutter Island, Trust Your Eyes, and Spider – whose main characters suffer from psychotic disorders. Representations can either perpetuate stigma such as in Shutter Island, or, as in Trust Your Eyes and Spider, may help increase understanding and even empathy from readers, which in turn may destigmatise psychosis.
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