Thornicroft Amalia, Goulden Robert, Shefer Guy, Rhydderch Danielle, Rose Diana, Williams Paul, Thornicroft Graham, Henderson Claire
Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK.
Br J Psychiatry Suppl. 2013 Apr;55:s64-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.112920.
Better 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.
To compare English newspaper coverage of mental health-related topics each year of the TTC social marketing campaign (2009-2011) with baseline coverage in 2008.
Content analysis was performed on articles in 27 local and national newspapers on two randomly chosen days each month.
There 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.
These 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.
更好地在报纸上报道心理健康相关问题是英国“改变时机”（TTC）反污名化项目的一个目标，该项目对人群的影响可能会受到同期媒体报道延续污名和歧视程度的影响。
将“改变时机”社会营销活动（2009 - 2011年）期间每年英国报纸对心理健康相关话题的报道与2008年的基线报道进行比较。
对27份地方和全国性报纸每月随机选取的两天的文章进行内容分析。
2008年至2011年期间，反污名化文章的比例显著增加。污名化文章的比例没有相应下降，且混合或中性元素的占比减少。
这些发现为2009 - 2011年“改变时机”项目期间精神病报道的改善提供了有希望的结果，并为报纸记者和编辑报道精神疾病提供了指导依据。
