Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-250) and index.
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The mental health-media relationship -- Media sources and the role of the media -- Stigma, labelling and the media : the negative representation of mental health issues -- Selling mental health (positive health promotion) -- The news media -- Literature -- Film -- Television -- The Internet.
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"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.