Goulden, Robert, Corker, Elizabeth, Evans-Lacko, Sara, Rose, Diana, Thornicroft, Graham and Henderson, Claire (2011) Newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK, 1992-2008. BMC Public Health, 11 (796). ISSN 1471-2458
Abstract
Background: Recent years have seen a number of attempts to reduce the stigma related to mental illness; the media can play a significant role in perpetuating this stigma. This paper analyses trends in newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK between 1992-2008 across a range of psychiatric diagnoses. Methods: A content analysis was performed on a sample of articles (n = 1361) about mental illness in a range of UK newspapers in 1992, 2000, and 2008. Results: There was a significant proportional reduction in negative articles about mental illness between 1992 and 2008, and a significant increase in articles explaining psychiatric disorders. Coverage improved for depression but remained largely negative for schizophrenia. Conclusions: Newspaper coverage of mental illness became less stigmatising overall in the 1990s and 2000s, but this was not true for all diagnoses.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2011 The Authors |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) |
| Funders: | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) , Comic Relief Big Lottery Fund, Shifting Attitudes to Mental Illness (SHiFT) |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Aug 2015 14:21 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/63024/ |
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