Trying to diagnose the 'Joker' only brings attention to what the film gets wrong about mental illness, according to a psychopath expert

Warner Bros. "Joker" has sparked many conversations about mental illness. But while the movie gets some things right, it also gets a lot wrong, according to psychiatry professor Dr Ziv Cohen. Cohen, who specializes in violence and psychopathy, told Insider that "Joker" strengthens the incorrect stereotype that there is a link between mental illness and violence. Also, the Joker is probably not diagnosable anyway. He said the Joker doesn't fall into the criteria for diagnoses like schizophrenia o...