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Media and mental distress

Title
Media and mental distress / edited by Greg Philo ; Glasgow Media Group.
Publication
London ; New York : Longman, 1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Philo, Greg.
  • Glasgow University Media Group.
Description
xv, 135 pages : illustrations ; c; 24 cm
Summary
  • Media and Mental Distress examines the content of media images and shows how conditions such as schizophrenia are portrayed and routinely stigmatised. It further illustrates the impact of such images on public belief and on the attitudes and responses of carers as well as on the users of mental health services.
  • Such controversial issues have profound importance for questions of social policy, particularly in relation to programmes such as Care in the Community, where negative attitudes can present a considerable obstacle for organisations attempting to provide community-based resources.
  • Media and Mental Distress will be of considerable interest to all those working within the health professions, including psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, health service managers, and social workers. It will provide a key text for academics and students taking courses in media studies, reading for all those interested in the work of the Glasgow Media Group and how mental health issues are portrayed in the media.
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Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 115-118) and index.
Contents
Ch. 1. Why media images matter / Jenny Secker and Stephen Platt -- Ch. 2. Selling suffering: mental illness and media values / Lesley Henderson -- Ch. 3. A sense of perspective: the media and the Boyd Inquiry / David Crepaz-Keay -- Ch. 4. Media content / Greg Philo, Greg McLaughlin and Lesley Henderson -- Ch. 5. The media and public belief / Greg Philo -- Ch. 6. Users of services, carers and families / Greg Philo -- App. 1. Words and phrases associated with mental health/illness in the media -- App. 2. Newspaper extracts.
ISBN
0582292190 (alk. paper)
LCCN
96009069
OCLC
  • 40198257
  • ocm40198257
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Columbia University Libraries