Room for improvement: Mixed portrayal of young people with mental illness on Australian television news

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-272

  Henson, Connie ^a   Chapman, Simon ^a   McLeod, Lachlan ^a   Johnson, Natalie ^a   Hickie, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Australia; Children; Depression; Mental illness; News media; Stigma; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; ROLE PLAYING; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649112151     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048670903487183     Document Type: Review

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