Rottleb Ulrich, Steinberg Holger, Angermeyer Matthias C
Archiv für Leipziger Psychiatriegeschichte, Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie, Universität Leipzig.
Psychiatr Prax. 2007 Sep;34(6):269-75. doi: 10.1055/s-2007-970835. Epub 2007 Jun 27.
This is the first paper to analyse historical changes and trends in psychiatric reports in one German daily newspaper.
A total of 4362 issues of the Leipziger Volkszeitung from 14 selected years of publication, 2 subsequent every 15 years starting in 1897, was analysed both quantitatively and qualitatively, thus covering all relevant eras of German history (with the exception of the years of World War I and the era of "National Socialism").
The presentation of psychiatric issues changed from rather neutral reports to negatively connotated reports. On the other hand the language used altered significantly: from mostly paraphrases to the use of exact psychiatric terms. Unexpectedly, however, this did not have a positive or smoothing impact on the character of the report.
Further and more extensive studies are necessary to find out whether our findings are suggestive to a general tendency toward stigmatisation and selective negative reporting on the subject of psychiatry in the history of German daily papers.
本文首次分析了一家德国日报中精神病学报道的历史变化和趋势。
对莱比锡人民报从1897年开始每15年选取的14个出版年份中的4362期报纸进行了定量和定性分析，从而涵盖了德国历史上所有相关时期（第一次世界大战期间和“纳粹主义”时期除外）。
精神病学问题的呈现方式从较为中立的报道转变为带有负面含义的报道。另一方面，所使用的语言发生了显著变化：从大多是意译到使用确切的精神病学术语。然而，出乎意料的是，这对报道的性质并没有产生积极或缓和的影响。
有必要进行进一步更广泛的研究，以确定我们的研究结果是否表明德国日报历史上在精神病学主题方面存在普遍的污名化和选择性负面报道倾向。
