Changing Media Coverage of Mental Illness and Suicide: Results from a Multi-Year Canadian Action Research Study

Abstract Evidence suggests that the media plays an important role in shaping public beliefs and attitudes towards mental illness and people with mental illness. On the one hand, holistic and balanced portrayals that focus on treatments and recovery can help reduce stigma and prejudice by increasin...

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Main Author: R. Whitley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2023-03-01
Series:European Psychiatry
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0924933823000913/type/journal_article