Mental Health, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work, University of Salford, Salford, UK.
J Ment Health. 2013 Jun;22(3):271-82. doi: 10.3109/09638237.2012.734660. Epub 2013 Jan 16.
Negative stereotypes presented in the media may contribute to the stigma associated with mental illness. People's attitudes towards the mentally ill are initially influenced and subsequently maintained in part by the frequent media presentation of negative stereotypes of mental illness. This could result in social rejection of individuals with mental illnesses.
To explore how four main U.K. national newspapers reported on mental health/mental illness stories over a 10-year period.
This study utilised content analysis to identify words, themes and trends of representation related to the mentally ill in articles from the four newspapers.
The findings indicated that there was an increase in the number of articles related to mental health/illness over the time of the study. The rate of increase was far greater than that for the increase in the total number of articles carried in the press over this time period. It was also identified that pejorative terms were used, in a number of the articles, to describe the mentally ill person.
Many of the newspaper reports highlighted the need for protection of the general public from the mentally ill, and that the mentally ill were in some way different to the general public. In particular, both the words "violence" and "drugs" were linked to mental health/mental illness in these articles.
媒体中呈现的负面刻板印象可能导致与精神疾病相关的污名化。人们对精神疾病患者的态度最初受到媒体频繁呈现的精神疾病负面刻板印象的影响，并随后在一定程度上得到维持。这可能导致社会对精神疾病患者的排斥。
探究英国四家主要全国性报纸在十年间如何报道精神健康/精神疾病相关的故事。
本研究采用内容分析法，从四家报纸的文章中识别与精神疾病患者相关的代表性词汇、主题和趋势。
研究结果表明，在研究期间，与精神健康/疾病相关的文章数量有所增加。在这段时间内，文章数量的增长率远远超过了媒体总文章数量的增长率。此外，还发现有一些文章使用了贬义词来描述精神疾病患者。
许多报纸报道强调需要保护公众免受精神疾病患者的伤害，并且认为精神疾病患者在某种程度上与公众不同。特别是，“暴力”和“药物”这两个词在这些文章中都与精神健康/精神疾病相关联。
