It seems that recently the entertainment industry has been providing America with authentic depictions of characters with psychological disorders. At first glance, these characters seem to portray the troubles caused to them in a somewhat realistic light. However, upon closer inspection, the truth about the seriousness of these disorders seems downplayed and sometimes even glorified. Two characters that come to mind are Adrian Monk, from the American show Monk, and Dr. Gregory House, from the Fox show House. Adrian Monk was hosted by actor Tony Shaloub and was a funny and enjoyable detective show, which has now ended after eight successful seasons. Adrian Monk is a very likeable detective who suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder. The storyline shows Monk as a former police detective who suffered from OCD throughout his life, but after the murder of his wife, Trudy, found himself unable to function properly in society, especially regarding his employment within the police department. The show shows Monk working on his OCD with the help of a full-time nurse/assistant and also with the help of a therapist. Having so much help to deal with your disorder is not very realistic at first! I don't know many people who can afford to hire a full-time nursing assistant and spend years seeing a therapist, without fear of their insurance being canceled (they broached the subject of insurance at a given time of the broadcast, during the eighth edition). and final season). Monk exhibits many commonly known OCD behaviors, such as his hand-washing rituals, doing daily activities in a strictly prearranged order, arranging the objects in his house in a specific way, and never deviating from the environment. paper. .....s and the response of the people around them seems trivialized and sometimes even glorified. In the case of Adrian Monk, his obsessive-compulsive disorder was often portrayed as an amusing little quirk, annoying at worst, and rarely presented as something that brought misery into the character's life. In the case of Dr. Gregory House, his antisocial personality disorder is described as a side effect of his brilliant mind or as an annoying, albeit gross, personality quirk, and sometimes even dismissed as an effect of his addiction instead of the psychological disorder which results. this really seems to be the case. It seems the entertainment industry is more willing to take risks with flawed characters headlining shows. However, as is often the case in television and movies, it still doesn't really depict the world as it really is for people suffering from these disorders..