For more than a century, the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has captured imaginations around the world, and her friend the Hatter is finally getting his time in the spotlight.
"Some of those stereotypes are that people with mental illness are violent," said Sara Bartlett, project lead of Suicide Prevention with Everymind, a national institute dedicated to reducing mental ill-health.
"We know quite strongly from the evidence base that people who live with a diagnosed mental illness are not violent or perpetrators of crime. "We also know that helpful depictions of mental illness can help people to reach out for help and support when they need it most.""I would like to think that we could celebrate his eccentricities, absurdity, his nonsensical approach to things as a great reflection of a new open-mindedness about neurodiversity and mental health, without the need for madness to be acquainted with being evil," he said.
"One of the most delightful things about the Hatter is the way he draws our attention to the strangeness of social etiquette and the strangeness of everyday life. "In some respects, he's not so strange, it's the strange way we get stuck in time, the way we go through these ridiculous rituals on a daily basis, that is strange."
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