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3971275

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
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 attitudinal questionnaire was administered to a systematic sample of 20 reporters, 20 psychiatrists, 20 medical outpatients with no psychiatric history, and 40 psychiatric inpatients. In addition, 4 psychiatric patients who had personal experience with media coverage were interviewed to determine the impact. Their stories are presented as clinical vignettes. The results of the questionnaire survey show that media reporters are no less accepting of mental illness than the other groups. A regression analysis of attitudinal predictors elicit education as more significant than age and media exposure. Yet low scores for the coverage by the media of mental illness were given by all groups with psychiatrists tending to be most critical. Reasons offered by reporters included "sensationalism sells" along with cost and time factors. Recommendations for both reporters and psychiatrists groups were collated, aiming at improving communication and ensuring a more positive emphasis and greater accuracy of media coverage of mental health issues.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0706-7437
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
30
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
12-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Mental illness and the media: an assessment of attitudes and communication.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports