Newspaper coverage of mental illness in Hong Kong between 2002 and 2012: impact of introduction of a new Chinese name of psychosis

Early Intervention in Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 342-345

  Chan, Sherry K W ^a   Ching, Elaine Y N ^a   Lam, Kenneth S C ^a   So, Hon Cheong ^b   Hui, Christy L M ^a   Lee, Edwin H M ^a   Chang, Wing C ^a   Chen, Eric Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

newspapers; psychotic disorders; schizophrenia; social stigma; stereotyping

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; HONG KONG; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLICATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRENDS;

HONG KONG; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS AS TOPIC; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84947967376     PISSN: 17517885     EISSN: 17517893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12298     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Chiu CP, Lam MM, Chan SK et al. Naming psychosis: the Hong Kong experience. Early Interv Psychiatry 2010; 4: 270–274.
2. Angermeyer MC, Matschinger H. The effect of violent attacks by schizophrenic persons on the attitude of the public towards the mentally ill. Soc Sci Med 1996; 43: 1721–1728.
3. Penn DL, Nowlin-Drummond A. Politically correct labels and schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2001; 27: 197–203.
4. Lehmann S, Joy V, Kreisman D, Simmens S. Responses to viewing symptomatic behaviors and labeling of prior mental illness. J Community Psychol 1976; 4: 327–334.
5. Penn DL, Guynan K, Daily T, Spaulding WD, Garbin CP, Sullivan M. Dispelling the stigma of schizophrenia: what sort of information is best? Schizophr Bull 1994; 20: 567–578.
6. Cormack S, Furnham A. Psychiatric labelling, sex role stereotypes and beliefs about the mentally ill. Int J Soc Psychiatry 1998; 44: 235–247.
7. Chung KF, Chan JH. Can a less pejorative Chinese translation for schizophrenia reduce stigma? A study of adolescents’ attitudes toward people with schizophrenia. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2004; 58: 507–515.
8. Cain B, Currie R, Danks E et al. Schizophrenia’ in the Australian print and online news media. Psychosis 2014; 6: 97–106.
9. Print Circulation Update. 2013. Starcom MediaVest Group, The Human Experience Company. http://www.starexpress.hk/index.php/2013/09/print-circulation-update-2013/
10. Barnes RC, Earnshaw S. Mental illness in British newspapers (or My Girlfriend is a Rover Metro). Psychiatr Bull 1993; 17: 673–674.
11. Goulden R, Corker E, Evans-Lacko S, Rose D, Thornicroft G, Henderson C. Newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK, 1992–2008. BMC Public Health 2011; 11: 796. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-11-796. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/796
12. Wahl OF. Mass media images of mental illness: a review of the literature. J Community Psychol 1992; 20: 343–352.
13. Stout PA, Villegas J, Jennings NA. Images of mental illness in the media. Schizophr Bull 2004; 30: 543–561.
14. Klin A, Lemish D. Mental disorders stigma in the media: review of studies on production, content, and influences. J Health Commun 2008; 13: 434–449.
15. Corrigan PW. Mental health stigma as social attribution: implications for research methods and attitude change. Clin Psychol Sci Pract 2000; 7: 48–67.
16. Park J, Choi Y, Kim B, Lee D, Gim M. Use of the terms. Psychiatry Invest 2012; 9: 17–24.