Changes in newspaper coverage of mental illness from 2008 to 2014 in England.

摘要: Objective This study evaluates English newspaper coverage of mental health topics between 2008 and 2014 to provide context for the concomitant improvement in public attitudes seek evidence changes coverage. Method Articles 27 newspapers were retrieved using keyword searches on two randomly chosen days each month 2008–2014, excluding 2012 due restricted resources. Content analysis used a structured coding framework. Univariate logistic regression models estimate odds hypothesised element occurring year compared 2008. Results There was substantial increase number articles covering 2014. We found an proportion antistigmatising which approached significance at P < 0.05 (OR = 1.21, P = 0.056). The decrease stigmatising not statistically significant (OR = 0.90, P = 0.312). There featuring elements ‘danger others’ ‘personal responsibility’, ‘hopeless victim’. proportionate ‘injustice’ ‘stigma’, but ‘sympathetic portrayal people with illness’. Conclusion We promoting ideas about dangerousness or illness being self-inflicted, portraying as incapable. Yet, these findings consistent over time.