Mental illness depictions in prime-time drama: Identifying the discursive resources

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 232-239

  Wilson, Claire ^a   Nairn, Raymond ^a   Coverdale, John ^a   Panapa, Aroha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Mental illness depictions; Stigma; Television

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; TELEVISION; VIOLENCE;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEW ZEALAND; TELEVISION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0032959144     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00543.x     Document Type: Article

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