This paper gives an overview as well as defines the term mental health. It also shows the way the problem of mental disability has been approached throughout history. The way in which the media presents people with mental disabilities is an important area because it greatly influences the way in which society will treat them. The media can increase stigma and discrimination. The goal of this research was to see the ways in which the media reported the case that shocked Croatia. The case of the doctor and alleged nurse from Obrovac. I wanted to confirm that while broadcasting such a story journalists paid attention to ethics and I also wanted to see as to what extent was sensationalism present, due to the fact that the people in question had mental disabilities making them a vulnerable group. Another issue of interest was also the question to what extent were the media guided by stereotypes that exist about mental disabilities. I wanted to answer the question: was the dignity and the rights of the person involved (which happened to be a mentally disabled person) respected in the numerous media broadcasts or was the violation of the person's rights in this case justified due to public interest in the dysfunctionality of the health care system? All the acquired results show that the media coverage of this story was mostly sensationalist. Furthermore, we can also conclude that the rights of the person with the mental disability were not respected. The main focus in most of the media coverage about the aforementioned doctor and alleged nurse from Obrovac was not about the health care system but the people with mental disabilities. We can finally conclude that journalists, as well as society still don't treat people with mental disabilities fairly and are in a great way guided by stereotypes which expose those people to additional stigmatization.