People never see us living well: An appraisal of the personal stories about mental illness in a prospective print media sample

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-287

  Nairn, R G ^a   Coverdale, J H ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discursive resources; Media depictions; Mental illness; Self portraits; Stigma

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EXPERT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; NEW ZEALAND; PRINTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; NARRATION; PREJUDICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLISHING; STEREOTYPING; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 18044369253     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2005.01566.x     Document Type: Article

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