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Media for Mental Health

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Rosalind Ramsay
Rosalind Ramsay*
Affiliation:
University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London W1N 8AA
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Broadcast media can powerfully influence the way we view the world. Journalists drawn to sensational news items do not necessarily portray the real situation they are describing. Often they strengthen belief in stereotyped images, such as the ‘mad axeman’. Yet they have the potential to foster greater public understanding of mental illness and a more responsible attitude to sufferers.

Type
Psychiatry and the media
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 380 - 381
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

References

Packard, V. (1960) The Hidden Persuaders. Harmondsworth: Penguin.Google Scholar
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