This isn’t a unique phenomenon – far from it. How many horror films, after all, feature a ‘psychotic’ killer, or hinge on a not-so-shocking twist that reveals that none of the preceding two hours even happened at all? Psycho, Halloween, Shutter Island, Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday 13th: in such films, to be mentally ill simply means to be violent, to be dangerous, to want to cause harm to other people.

This, alongside sensationalist media coverage of those with mental illnesses, are a huge contributing factor to their vilification, specifically those with psychotic disorders. Headlines often point out crimes committed by patients with schizophrenia or who are experiencing psychosis; Mind point out that there is “more media misinformation about schizophrenia than about any other type of mental health problem”.

In fact, those affected with schizophrenia or other mental illnesses are far more likely to be the victim of crime, not the perpetrator – a far cry from the rampaging, violent criminals that TV and film would have us believe.

One study found that students saw mental illness more negatively after watching One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – so films have a real life impact, too.

"From Bird Box to Bandersnatch, it’s time to stop using mental illness as a lazy TV trope"