Hackers Have Feelings, Too: Mental Health and Substance Use in Mr. Robot

Alex Masurovsky The pattern of comorbidity between mental health issues and substance abuse has recently manifested itself in a startling new demographic: fictional characters of TV series. Mr. Robot (USA Network), the third season of which is now streamable online, centers on a complicated anti-hero replete with inner turmoil, whose primary coping mechanisms are hacking, denial and drugs. Nothing is ever really spelled out regarding … Continue reading Hackers Have Feelings, Too: Mental Health and Substance Use in Mr. Robot