Mental health issues and the media
Subtitle: an introduction for health professionals
By: Gary Morris.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Mental health; Mass media in mental health education; Health in mass media; Communications Media; Mental Health; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Description: "Mental Health Issues and the Media provides students and professionals in nursing and allied professions, psychiatry, psychology and related disciplines, with a theoretically grounded introduction to the ways in which our attitudes are shaped by the media. Covering the press, literature, film, television and the Internet, it also includes practical advice and recommendations on how to combat negative images for service-users, health care workers and media personnel"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The mental health & media relationship; title: Media sources and the role of the media; title: Stigma, labelling and the media: the negative representation of mental health issues; title: Selling mental health (positive health promotion); title: The news media; title: Literature; title: Film; title: Television; title: The internet.