Mental Health in Teen Drama
Thinking back to Jamie Brittain’s previous words, I agree that there is some light in Skins. It’s the kind of light you get when you’re finally over a dark part of life. For many adults, adolescence was dark, and Skins doesn’t shy away from that fact. But when sensitive subjects like eating disorders, drug use, and mental illness are offered up for teenage viewing, it would do well to glamorise them as little as possible.
