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Reducing Stigma in Media Professionals: Is there Room for Improvement? Results from a Systematic Review.
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- A systematic review of the impact of media reports of severe mental illness on stigma and discrimination, and interventions that aim to mitigate any adverse impact.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2019Pooled it
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- Measuring media-related health and mental health information acquisition among Latino adults in the United States.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2023Article
- Schizophrenia in Print, Digital, and Audiovisual Media: Trends, Topics, and Results From an Anti-Stigma Intervention Targeting Media Professionals.Schizophrenia bulletin open · 2023Article
- Media Coverage of Pedophilia and Its Impact on Help-Seeking Persons with Pedophilia in Germany-A Focus Group Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Stigma Towards Mental Illness at an Academic Tertiary Care Center in Lebanon.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2021Article
- What Is the Role of Resilience and Coping Strategies on the Mental Health of the General Population during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Results from the Italian Multicentric COMET Study.Brain sciences · 2021Article
- Learning about COVID-19-related stigma, quarantine and isolation experiences in Finland.PloS one · 2021Article
- Mental health service users' responses to anticipated discrimination and the Time to Change program in England.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2020Article
- Media language preferences and mental illness stigma among Latinx adolescents.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
- A Call to Action. A Critical Review of Mental Health Related Anti-stigma Campaigns.Frontiers in public health · 2020Review
- An Exploratory Analysis of the Portrayal of Mental Illness in Qatar's Newspapers.Psychology research and behavior management · 2020Article
- Changes in Stigma Experience Among Mental Health Service Users over Time: A Qualitative Study with Focus Groups.Community mental health journal · 2019Article
- Mental Health Related Stigma as a 'Wicked Problem': The Need to Address Stigma and Consider the Consequences.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe mass media may increase stigma against people with mental health problems by reinforcing common stereotypes. Media professionals thus represent a target group for antistigma interventions. This paper aims to review available literature on antistigma interventions for mass media professionals, seeking to clarify what kind of interventions have been found to be effective in reducing mental health stigma among mass media professionals.
methodSix electronic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, Embase, Cochrane Reviews Library and Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Web of Science, and Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts) were systematically searched through March 2017 for studies addressing antistigma interventions on mass media professionals. Results: A total of 27 studies on antistigma interventions targeted to media professionals were found. Reviewed articles were classified into 3 categories: media-monitoring projects/reporting guidelines ( n = 23), interventions for educating journalists ( n = 2), and interventions for educating journalism students ( n = 2). Overall, antistigma interventions for media professionals seem to have some effect in improving reporting style, thus providing a more balanced portrayal of people with mental health problems: the most promising interventions are contact-based educational approaches and the provision of guidelines by authoritative institutions.
conclusionIt should be useful to promote and disseminate contact-based educational interventions targeted to journalists and to include specific modules on mental health topics in the training curricula of journalism students. However, as research in the field suffers from several limitations, high-quality studies exploring the long-term effect of antistigma interventions for media professionals are needed.
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