Google scholar research

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1520-6629(199705)25:3%3C289::AID-JCOP5%3E3.0.CO;2-R/abstract

The portrayal of mental illness on prime-time television

‘In this content analysis of television, the portrayal of persons with mental disorders was highly correlated with the portrayal of violent crime. The mentally ill were found to be nearly 10 times more violent than the general population of television characters, and 10 to 20 times more violent (during a two week sample) than the mentally ill in the U.S. population (over the course of an entire year). The mentally ill on television were also judged to have a negative impact on society and a negative quality of life. ‘

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Portrayals of Mental Illness in Daytime Television Serials.

‘Concludes that daytime serials are a major source of information about mental illness and that the image of such illness presented in the serials is distorted and inaccurate.’

http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr&id=jaOfkg416WEC&oi=fnd&pg=PA4&dq=%2BMental+illness+%2Btelevision&ots=8AThpmPwgR&sig=5n3ZfIA_VV473Okc8Bv-y4I0gwQ#v=onepage&q=%2BMental%20illness%20%2Btelevision&f=false

Violent Behaviour by individuals with serious mental illness

http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr&id=QiH532OnL2EC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=%2BMental+illness+%2Btelevision&ots=t4pkGNTGBG&sig=9geeoUTcwwDkbjKeiFHzS0JOQXE#v=onepage&q=%2BMental%20illness%20%2Btelevision&f=false

Televison shows about mental illness




http://apt.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/short/6/1/65

Stigma of mental illness and ways of diminishing it

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.3109/00048679709073847

Media depictions of mental illness: an analysis of the use of dangerousness

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs/10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00543.x

Mental illness depictions in prime-time drama: Identifying the discursive resources

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1989.tb01293.x/abstract

Attitudes towards mental illness

‘With the advent of community psychiatry, the pressure of care of the mentally ill will increasingly fall on the family and the community. In order for this transition to succeed, it is important to bear in mind the attitudes of the community and the caregivers. This article reviews the literature on public attitudes and suggestions are made for future research and lessons to be learnt from the experience in North America.’

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1298(199805/06)8:3%3C213::AID-CASP449%3E3.0.CO;2-C/abstract

Television, madness and community care

This paper describes the forms and contents of television representations of mental illness in the UK in 1992. The theoretical framework is provided by Moscovici's theory of social representations and some modifications are proposed for the case of madness. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used in the empirical analyses. It is shown that madness has multiple meanings on television, while at the same time violence is commonly included. It is also suggested that a partial reconfiguration of the representational field has taken place in recent years. Media stories about the responsibility of the policy of community care for scandals and tragedies are now commonplac.