Purpose Mental illness has become an important public health issue in society, and media
are the most common sources of information about mental illnesses. Thus, it is important to …

This article summarizes research published over the past decade and identifies areas where
future research is needed to increase our knowledge of the media's role in fostering or …

Media coverage of psychiatric issues will reflect or influence public perceptions of the
mentally ill. In order to explore the relationship between psychiatry and the media, an …

Background: Mass media (eg, television news and entertainment programming, films and
newspapers) are a primary source for information about mental illnesses. Aims: The …

The aim of this paper is to explore mental illness stigma and one of its primary causes, the
media. Essentially the paper looks at various forms of media (eg, prime time television …

This article reviews dominant media portrayals of mental illness, the mentally ill and mental
health interventions, and examines what social, emotional and treatment-related effects …

This article analyzes two decades of research regarding the mass media's role in shaping,
perpetuating, and reducing the stigma of mental illness. It concentrates on three broad areas …

Objective: To provide a detailed picture of the extent, nature and quality of portrayal of
mental health/illness in Australian non-fiction media. Method: Media items were retrieved …

Background: Evidence suggests that mainstream media coverage of mental illness tends to
focus on factors such as crime and violence. Thus, mental health advocates have argued …

Objective: The aim of this study is to determine whether mental illnesses are depicted in less
negative ways in print media when psychiatrists rather than lay persons are the source of …