Disney on madness

October 4, 1996

Images of madness in Walt Disney films, such as the mother in Dumbo and father in Mary Poppins perpetuate stereotypes of mental illness as a condition that can be violent and needs confinement, according to psychiatrist Allan Beveridge of Queen Margaret Hospital, Fife.

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