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This review aims to characterize the depiction of mental health professionals in Bollywood films and identify prevalent stereotypes.

January 25, 2026Indian Journal of Psychological MedicineOpen Access

Lights, Camera, Stigma? Bollywood’s Depiction of Mental Health Professionals: A Scoping Review

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This review aims to characterize the depiction of mental health professionals in Bollywood films and identify prevalent stereotypes.
Conducted a scoping review based on the Arksey and O’Malley framework.
Systematic search of databases for Hindi-language films from 2011 to 2024 featuring mental health professionals.
Analyzed demographics, professional status, ethics, and narrative roles of MHP portrayals.
Identified 35 films with 42 distinct depictions of mental health professionals.
Over 70% of portrayals demonstrated clinical incompetence and over 73% exhibited ethical violations.
A culturally specific trend showed supernatural narratives undermining MHP expertise, with therapy often caricatured.

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This review maps portrayals of mental health professionals in Bollywood films, revealing harmful stereotypes that suggest the need for better representation.

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Moar et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6975b2c8feba4585c2d6e43b https://doi.org/10.1177/02537176251414905

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This review maps portrayals of mental health professionals in Bollywood films, revealing harmful stereotypes that suggest the need for better representation.

Lights, Camera, Stigma? Bollywood’s Depiction of Mental Health Professionals: A Scoping Review

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Lights, Camera, Stigma? Bollywood’s Depiction of Mental Health Professionals: A Scoping Review

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