Ginny & Georgia Creator Sarah Lampert on Getting Mental Health Right On Screen

Hollywood doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record when it
comes to portraying mental illness in a sensitive, honest, and
appropriately complex way (think Psycho or the notorious
caffeine pill episode of Saved by the Bell). But the top
show on Netflix right now, Ginny & Georgia went to
great lengths to show mental health conditions honestly. The
series tells the story of Georgia, a mother with a traumatic
background, Ginny, her daughter with a habit of self-harming, and
it includes characters such as a neighbor boy and Ginny’s love
interest, Marcus, with a persistent major depressive disorder.
Show creator Sarah Lampert talks with us about how, with the help
of a doctor of psychology and consulting from the advocacy group
Mental Health America, she and her creative staff were able to
tell honest stories that were moving without being exploitive or
sensationalized.


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