TV SHOWS ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS

CRAZY EX GIRLFRIEND (2015-2019)

Rebecca Bunch, a successful young woman, impulsively gives up her life in New York and moves to California in order to find love and happiness.

Genre: Comedy, Musical
Mental Illness depicted: Borderline Personality Disorder

SHAMELESS (2011 - )

Frank Gallagher is the head of a working-class family in Chicago. His six children suffer because he is a heavy drinker and Fiona, the eldest daughter, has to look after everyone in the house.

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Genre: Drama, Comedy

Mental Illness depicted: Bipolar disorder, drug addiction, alcoholism

BOJACK HORSEMAN (2014- 2020)

A humanoid horse, BoJack Horseman -- lost in a sea of self-loathing and booze -- decides it's time for a comeback. Once the star of a '90s sitcom, in which he was the adoptive father of three orphaned kids (two girls and a boy). The show was the hottest thing around, then suddenly, it was cancelled. Now 18 years later, BoJack wants to regain his dignity. With the aid of a human sidekick and a feline ex-girlfriend who is his agent, he sets out to make it happen. But Hollywood is vastly different from those days, and getting used to stuff like Twitter may take some time
 

Genre: Animation, Comedy
Mental Illness depicted: Depression, alcoholism, drug addiction

ATYPICAL (2017 - 2020)

This heartfelt comedy follows Sam, a teenager on the autism spectrum, who has decided he is ready for romance. In order to start dating -- and hopefully, find love -- Sam will need to be more independent, which also sends his mother (Jennifer Jason Leigh) on her own life-changing path. She and the rest of Sam's family, including a scrappy sister and a father seeking a better understanding of his son, must adjust to change and explore what it means to be "normal." 

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Genre: Comedy

Depicts: Autism Spectrum Disorder