The psychiatry of The Shawshank Redemption

In this conversation with Dr Raj Persaud, Dr Mark Sinyor discusses one of the best-rated movies of all time, The Shawshank Redemption, and its effect on the rates of suicide in the population.

Dr Sinyor argues that the film provides positive examples of the Papageno effect, or the notion that portrayals in the media of the ways and means of how people have overcome suicidal thoughts in a positive way prevents people from taking their own lives.