Looking for a place to start your online research about mental illness, but not sure where to start? The Nation’s Voice on Mental Illness, or NAMI, has created this site, where you’ll find loads of information and ways to get involved in the battle against this disease.
This page offers a wealth of information on teen suicide. If you were to write a research paper on this topic, consider how you might use this information in combination with the information available on NAMI’s site (above). What kinds of things would you still need to do to get a workable thesis statement?
Study this filmography called “Movies and Mental Illness: Psychology, Psychiatry and the Movies.” Does the number of movies there surprise you? How many of these movies have you seen? What use, if any, could you make of such information in a paper about mental illness?