Newspaper coverage of mental illness in England 2008-2011

BackgroundBetter newspaper coverage of mental health-related issues is a target for the Time to Change (TTC) anti-stigma programme in England, whose population impact may be influenced by how far concurrent media coverage perpetuates stigma and discrimination.AimsTo compare English newspaper coverage of mental health-related topics each year of the TTC social marketing campaign (2009-2011) with baseline coverage in 2008.MethodContent analysis was performed on articles in 27 local and national newspapers on two randomly chosen days each month.ResultsThere was a significant increase in the proportion of anti-stigmatising articles between 2008 and 2011. There was no concomitant proportional decrease in stigmatising articles, and the contribution of mixed or neutral elements decreased.ConclusionsThese findings provide promising results on improvements in press reporting of mental illness during the TTC programme in 2009-2011, and a basis for guidance to newspaper journalists and editors on reporting mental illness.

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Changing media representations of mental health

Psychiatric Bulletin ◽

10.1192/pb.21.3.171 ◽

1997 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 171-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

G. Philo

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Focus Group ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Media Representations ◽

Focus Group Interviews ◽

Public Beliefs ◽

Major Study ◽

Group Interviews

The Glasgow Media Group has published the first major study in this country on media coverage of mental health (Philo, 1996). This research examines both the content of press, television and films and how these relate to public beliefs about mental illness. It involved an extensive content analysis plus a series of focus group interviews. The results show clearly that ill-informed beliefs on, for example, the association of schizophrenia with violence can be traced directly to media accounts.

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Mental Health Ontologies

10.47788/xsip3748 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Janna Hastings

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Public Discourse ◽

Theoretical Frameworks ◽

The Public ◽

Holistic Understanding ◽

Public Health Challenges ◽

Health Related ◽

The Media ◽

The Way

Mental health presents one of the defining public health challenges of our time. Proponents of different conceptions of what mental illness is wage war for the hearts and minds of patients, practitioners, policy-makers, and the public. Debate and fragmentation around the nature of the entities that feature in the mental health domain divide resources and reduce progress. The way mental health is publicly discussed in the media has tangible effects, in terms of stigma, access to healthcare and resources, and private expectations of recovery. This book explores in detail the sorts of statements that are made about mental health in the media and public reporting of scientific research, grounding them in the wider context of the theoretical frameworks, assumptions and metaphors that they draw from. The author shows how a holistic understanding of the way that different aspects of mental illness are interrelated can be developed from evidence-based interpretation of the latest research findings. She offers some ideas about corrective, integrative approaches to discussing mental health-related matters publicly that may reduce the opposition between conceptualisations while still aiming to reduce stigma, shame and blame. In particular, she emphasises that discourse in the media needs to be anchored to an overview of all the research results across the field and argues that this could be achieved using new technological infrastructures. The author provides an integrative account of what mental health is, together with an improved understanding of the factors driving the persistence of oppositional accounts in the public discourse. The book will be of benefit to researchers, practitioners and students in the domain of mental health.

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The DELTA® nursing measure: Its development and testing for nursing utility

Health SA Gesondheid ◽

10.4102/hsag.v18i1.699 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Hendrik J. Loubser ◽

Judith C. Bruce ◽

Daleen Casteleijn

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Mental Healthcare ◽

Mental Health Outcomes ◽

Psychiatric Nurses ◽

Multidisciplinary Teams ◽

Analysis Techniques ◽

Care Plans

In the specialised nursing field of acute mental illness nurses expressed a need to measure and evaluate their patients’ mental-health outcomes both empirically and routinely. The aim was to develop and test a measurement tool, named the DELTA nursing measure, which could be embedded routinely into the nursing process and care plans, enabling the psychiatric nurses to score and evaluate their patients’ acute mental-health outcomes. A qualitative, exploratory study design was used to address two sequential objectives. Firstly, qualitative data that described observable behaviours in patients with acute mental illness were collected from psychiatric nurses (n = 5) who were experienced in acute mental healthcare. The data were analysed using inductive content analysis techniques to design and construct the DELTA nursing measure. In the second objective, the nursing utility of the DELTA nursing measure was studied. This was done by training and testing a new team of psychiatric nurses (n = 25) working in a 116-bed acute psychiatric hospital, in the application of the DELTA nursing measure. After 30 months a focus group (n = 6) representing this team was held to explore their perceptions and experiences of the nursing utility of the newly-developed measure. The descriptive data were analysed using deductive content analysis techniques. The outcome of the DELTA nursing measure as a routine nursing measure of acute mental illness provided good results. The nursing-utility characteristics have confirmed positive responses with regard to its acceptance, usefulness and confidence as a worthwhile tool to be used in expediting nursing services in acute mental healthcare. The positive responses to the DELTA nursing measure are noteworthy. It has the potential to add substantial value to the mental health care field in nursing by adding a measurable dimension to patient outcomes, a much needed requirement by patients, multidisciplinary teams and healthcare funders.In die gespesialiseerde verplegingsveld van akute psigiatrie het verpleegkundiges ’n behoefte uitgespreek om roetineweg pasiënte se geestesgesondheidsuitkomste empiries te meet en te evalueer. Die doel van die studie was om ’n meetinstrument, genoemd die ‘DELTA nursing measure’, te ontwikkel en toets wat ingebed kan word in die verplegingsproses en versorgingsplan en wat psigiatriese verpleegkundiges in staat kan stel om roetine-weg die pasiënte se akute geestesgesondheidsuitkomste te meet en te evalueer. ’n Kwalitatiewe, eksploratiewe studie ontwerp is gebruik om twee opeenvolgende doelwitte aan te spreek. Eerstens is kwalitatiewe data wat observeerbare gedrag in pasiënte met akute geestessiektes beskryf ingesamel van psigiatriese verpleegkundiges (n = 5) wat ervaring het in akute geestesgesondheidsorg. Die data is geanaliseer met induktiewe inhouds analiese tegnieke om die ontwerp en konstruksie van die ‘DELTA nursing measure’ te bewerkstellig. In die tweede doelwit was die ‘DELTA nursing measure’ se bruikbaarheid vir verpleging bestudeer. Om dit te doen was ’n nuwe span psigiatriese verpleegkundiges (n = 25) wat werksaam was in ’n 116-bed akute psigiatriese hospitaal opgelei en getoets in die gebruik van die ‘DELTA nursing measure’. Na 30 maande is ’n fokusgroep (n = 6) gehou wat verteenwoordigend was van die span om hulle persepsies en ervarings van die nuut-ontwikkelde meetskaal se bruikbaarheid te eksploreer. Beskrywende data is met behulp van deduktiewe inhouds tegnieke geanaliseer. Die uitkoms van die ‘DELTA nursing measure’ as ’n routine verplegingmeetskaal vir die bepaling van akuutheid in psigiatrie het baie goeie resultate opgelewer. Die bruikbaarheidseienskappe het positiewe response bevestig dat aanvaarding, betroubaarheid en vertroue bereik is en dat dit ’n nuttige instrument is om die verplegingsdiens te bevorder. Die positiewe response op die ‘DELTA nursing measure’ is merkwaardig. Dit het die potensiaal om ’n betekenisvolle bydrae te lewer tot die psigiatriese verplegingsveld omdat dit ’n meetbare dimensie toevoeg tot pasient uitkomste, ’n hoogs-benodigde vereiste van pasiënte, multidissiplinêre spanne en gesondheidsorgbefondsers.

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Mental Illness and the Media: Part II. Content Analysis of Press Coverage of Mental Health Topics

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674378603100509 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 31 (5) ◽

pp. 431-433 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

M. Matas ◽

N. El-Guebaly ◽

D. Harper ◽

M. Green ◽

A. Peterkin

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Public Image ◽

Press Coverage ◽

Negative Attitudes ◽

The Public ◽

Accuracy Check ◽

The Media ◽

Selection Of

The public image of psychiatry has been tarnished in recent years. In order to determine the extent to which press coverage has contributed to negative attitudes towards psychiatry, we conducted a content analysis of a random selection of newspaper articles which appeared over a twenty-year period in two different newspapers. We found that although there had been some minor, cosmetic changes over the years, such as more appropriate headlines and more direct quotes from psychiatric experts, on the whole, content and attitudes had changed very little. An accuracy check of media reporting of forensic cases over a 20-year period revealed that when reporters have access to written material, the accuracy levels are greatly improved.

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Cross-Sectional Trend Analysis of the NCHA II Survey Data on Canadian Post-Secondary Student Mental Health and Wellbeing from 2013 to 2019

10.31219/osf.io/gv4ex ◽

2021 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brooke Linden ◽

Randall Boyes ◽

Heather Stuart

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Secondary Students ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Female Students ◽

Male Students ◽

Post Secondary ◽

Health Related ◽

Over Time ◽

Post Secondary Students

BACKGROUND: Canadian post-secondary students are considered to be at risk for chronic stress and languishing mental health, but there has been no longitudinal analysis of the available population-level data. The purpose of this study was to examine trends in the overall and sex-specific prevalence of self-reported stress, distress, mental illness, and help seeking behaviours among Canadian post-secondary students over the past several years. METHODS: Using the 2013, 2016, and 2019 iterations of the National College Health Assessment II Canadian Reference data, we conducted a trend analysis for each variable of interest, stratified by sex. The significance and magnitude of the changes were modelled using cumulative linked ordinal regression models and log binomial regression models.RESULTS: With few exceptions, we observed significant increases over time in the proportion of students reporting symptoms of psychological distress, mental illness diagnoses, and help seeking for mental health related challenges. Female students reported a higher level of stress than male students, with a statistically significant increase in the stress level reported by female students observed over time. In all cases, larger proportions of female students were observed compared to male students, with the proportion of female students who self-reported mental illness diagnoses nearly doubling that of males. CONCLUSIONS: Our analysis indicated that the proportion of students self-reporting mental health related challenges, including stress, psychological distress, and diagnosed mental illnesses increased between the 2013, 2016 and 2019 iterations of the NCHA II conducted among Canadian post-secondary students.

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Licensing and Physician Mental Health: Problems and Possibilities

Journal of Medical Regulation ◽

10.30770/2572-1852-93.2.6 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 93 (2) ◽

pp. 6-11

Author(s):

Herbert Hendin ◽

Charles Reynolds ◽

Dan Fox ◽

Steven I. Altchuler ◽

Phillip Rodgers ◽

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Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Care ◽

Help Seeking ◽

Psychiatric Care ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Health Related ◽

Seeking Help ◽

Medical License

ABSTRACT A number of factors appear to discourage physicians from seeking help for mental illness. This reluctance may be exacerbated by fears – well-founded or imagined – that by seeking help, physicians may put their medical license in jeopardy. To examine this risk, an analysis of all state medical board (SMB) license applications was followed by a seven-item survey mailed to SMB executive directors, and 70 percent responded. Follow up interviews were conducted with a sample of those not responding and also with a small group of directors whose responses were problematic. Thirteen of the 35 SMBs responding indicated that the diagnosis of mental illness by itself was sufficient for sanctioning physicians. The same states indicated that they treat physicians receiving psychiatric care differently than they do physicians receiving medical care. In follow-up interviews all 13 indicated that without evidence of impairment or misrepresentation any such sanctioning was likely to be temporary. A significant percentage (37 percent) of states sanction or have the ability to sanction physicians on the basis of information revealed on the licensing application about the presence of a psychiatric condition rather than on the basis of impairment. The same percentage state they treat physicians receiving psychiatric care differently than they do those receiving medical care. Physicians’ perceptions of this apparent discrimination is likely to play a role in their reluctance to seek help for mental health-related conditions. Suggestions are made for how SMBs and state physician health programs and state and county medical societies might collaborate in ways that while protecting patients decreases barriers to physicians help seeking.

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On the Intersection of Faith Background and Mental Health Beliefs: What MSW Students Learned About Themselves

Social Work & Christianity ◽

10.34043/swc.v48i3.242 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 308-322

Author(s):

Jennifer Payne

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Health Beliefs ◽

Qualitative Content Analysis ◽

Health Issues ◽

Childhood Experience ◽

Demonic Possession ◽

Mental Health Issues ◽

Msw Students

Students enter college with pre-formed beliefs about the causes of mental health issues, from spiritual explanations (e.g., demonic possession) to biological explanations (e.g., genetics). However, they rarely have thought through how their faith backgrounds influence their beliefs about mental health. MSW students in their clinical concentration year engaged in a class-based assignment in which they explored the question, "Where are you on the spectrum of belief regarding the cause of mental illness?" A qualitative content analysis was completed on 69 student papers collected over five years. Results showed how each student's religious childhood experience shaped his or her view about mental illness causes.

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Oral Health–Related Quality of Life Among Publicly Insured Mental Health Service Outpatients With Serious Mental Illness

Psychiatric Services ◽

10.1176/appi.ps.201900111 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 70 (12) ◽

pp. 1101-1109 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Peter C. Lam ◽

Dolly A. John ◽

Hanga Galfalvy ◽

Carol Kunzel ◽

Roberto Lewis-Fernández

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Oral Health ◽

Mental Health Service ◽

Health Related Quality ◽

Related Quality ◽

Health Related ◽

Publicly Insured

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Tensions and Paradoxes of Stigma: Discussing Stigma in Mental Health Rehabilitation

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph17165943 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 17 (16) ◽

pp. 5943

Author(s):

Jenny Paananen ◽

Camilla Lindholm ◽

Melisa Stevanovic ◽

Elina Weiste

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Mental Health Professionals ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Media Coverage ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

Rehabilitation Centers ◽

Health Rehabilitation ◽

Mental Health Rehabilitation

Mental illness remains as one of the most stigmatizing conditions in contemporary western societies. This study sheds light on how mental health professionals and rehabilitants perceive stigmatization. The qualitative study is based on stimulated focus group interviews conducted in five Finnish mental health rehabilitation centers that follow the Clubhouse model. The findings were analyzed through inductive content analysis. Both the mental health rehabilitants and the professionals perceived stigmatization as a phenomenon that concerns the majority of rehabilitants. However, whereas the professionals viewed stigma as something that is inflicted upon the mentally ill from the outside, the rehabilitants perceived stigma as something that the mentally ill themselves can influence by advancing their own confidence, shame management, and recovery. Improvements in treatment, along with media coverage, were seen as the factors that reduce stigmatization, but the same conceptualization did not hold for serious mental illnesses. As the average Clubhouse client was thought to be a person with serious mental illness, the rehabilitation context designed to normalize attitudes toward mental health problems was paradoxically perceived to enforce the concept of inevitable stigma. Therefore, it is important for professionals in rehabilitation communities to be reflexively aware of these tensions when supporting the rehabilitants.

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Stigma and discrimination associated with mental illness and other stigmatizing conditions in China using two cultural-sensitive measures of stigma: interpersonal distance and occupational restrictiveness

Psychological Medicine ◽

10.1017/s0033291720001439 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Wei Xiong ◽

Michael R. Phillips ◽

Zhizhong Wang ◽

Yuhong Zhang ◽

Hui G. Cheng ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Interpersonal Relationships ◽

Interpersonal Distance ◽

Community Members ◽

Stigma And Discrimination ◽

Different Types ◽

Health Related ◽

Core Components ◽

Selection Of

Abstract Background Reducing stigma is a perennial target of mental health advocates, but effectively addressing stigma relies on the ability to correctly understand and accurately measure culture-specific and location-specific components of stigma and discrimination. Methods We developed two culture-sensitive measures that assess the core components of stigma. The 40-item Interpersonal Distance Scale (IDS) asks respondents about their willingness to establish four different types of relationships with individuals with 10 target conditions, including five mental health-related conditions and five comparison conditions. The 40-item Occupational Restrictiveness Scale (ORS) asks respondents how suitable it is for individuals with the 10 conditions to assume four different types of occupations. The scales – which take 15 min to complete – were administered as part of a 2013 survey in Ningxia Province, China to a representative sample of 2425 adult community members. Results IDS and ORS differentiated the level of stigma between the 10 conditions. Of the total, 81% of respondents were unwilling to have interpersonal relationships with individuals with mental health-related conditions and 91% considered them unsuitable for various occupations. Substantial differences in attitudes about the five mental health-related conditions suggest that there is no community consensus about what constitutes a ‘mental illness’. Conclusions Selection of comparison conditions, types of social relationships, and types of occupations considered by the IDS and ORS make it possible to develop culture-sensitive and cohort-specific measures of interpersonal distance and occupational restrictiveness that can be used to compare the level and type of stigma associated with different conditions and to monitor changes in stigma over time.

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