Journal articles: 'Media depictions of mental illness'

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Bender, Eve. "Media, Community Leaders Honored for Mental Illness Depictions." Psychiatric News 45, no. 1 (January 2010): 4–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/pn.45.1.psychnews_45_1_008.

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Coverdale, John, Raymond Nairn, and Donna Claasen. "Depictions of Mental Illness in Print Media: A Prospective National Sample." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 36, no. 5 (October 2002): 697–700. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.2002.00998.x.

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Objective: Because there are no published reports of depictions of mental illness in print media based on national samples, we set out to prospectively collect and analyse a near complete New Zealand sample of print media. Methods: A commercial clipping bureau was contracted to provide cuttings of all items with any mental health or illness aspect over a four week period. These items were analysed for potentially positive and negative depictions and how mental illness was represented within each item. An independent search for additional newspaper items concerning one prominently featured topic indicated that the rate of identification of relevant stories was at least 91%. Result: The collection consisted of six hundred print items which were most commonly news or editorial pieces (n = 562, 93.7%). Negative depictions predominated, with dangerousness to others (n = 368, 61.3%) and criminality (n = 284, 47.3%) being the most common. Positive depictions, including human rights themes, leadership and educational accomplishments occurred in 27% (n = 164) of all items. Generic mental illness terminology without reference to specific diagnostic categories was present in 47% of all items (n = 284). Conclusions: Negative depictions that predominate confirm the stereotypic understanding of mental illness that is stigmatizing. These findings underscore the challenge facing us as mental health professionals attempting to change attitudes towards mental disorders when the stereotypes are so regularly reinforced.

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Allen, Ruth, and Raymond G. Nairn. "Media Depictions of Mental Illness: An Analysis of the Use of Dangerousness." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 31, no. 3 (June 1997): 375–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00048679709073847.

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Objective: To explore how the commonsense understanding, that those with a mental illness are dangerous, is deployed in a small sample of print media. Method: The print media sample was subjected to a discourse analysis informed by knowledge of media practices. Materials were read closely and references to mental illness were identified, classified and analysed. Results: This non-sensational material was shown to provide repeated confirmations of the commonsense understanding that mental illnesses make people unpredictable and dangerous. Close study of the lead article suggested that it was written so that readers had to draw on such understandings to make sense of the account it presented. Conclusion: The study challenges the notion that media present negative depictions of mental illnesses either because journalists are poorly informed or because ‘sensation sells’. It is concluded that media practices directed at engaging readers require the use of cases and a style of writing that forces readers to draw upon commonsense knowledge of mental illness to understand the text. It is argued that this is a deliberate effort to enlist readers as co-creators of the text and thereby increase their interest.

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Chan, Ginny, and Philip T. Yanos. "Media depictions and the priming of mental illness stigma." Stigma and Health 3, no. 3 (August 2018): 253–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sah0000095.

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Nairn, R., S. Coverdale, and J. H. Coverdale. "A Framework for Understanding Media Depictions of Mental Illness." Academic Psychiatry 35, no. 3 (May 1, 2011): 202–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.35.3.202.

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Nairn, R. G., and J. H. Coverdale. "People Never See Us Living Well: An Appraisal of the Personal Stories About Mental Illness in a Prospective Print Media Sample." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 39, no. 4 (April 2005): 281–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2005.01566.x.

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Objective: Having found no discussions of self-depictions offered by psychiatric patients in the mass media we sought such items in a prospective national sample of print media and analysed how those speakers portrayed themselves. Method: As part of a larger study of media depictions of mental illnesses in print media all items with any mental health or illness aspect that appeared in a New Zealand publication over a four-week period were collected. The resulting collection of 600 items ranged from news briefs to full-page newspaper articles. From that set we selected and analysed items in which a person identified as having been a psychiatric patient or as having a mental disorder was either quoted by the reporter who had interviewed them, or personally described their experiences. Employing both propositional analyses and discourse analysis we explored how the speakers were positioned and identified patterns or themes in their construction of living with a mental illness. Results: Only five articles (0.8%) met our criteria for a person with a mental disorder being reported directly. In those items the journalists had positioned the speakers as credible, expert sources who, in representing their lives and experiences, drew on five clusters of resources, that we titled: Ordinariness/Living Well; Vulnerability; Stigma; Crisis; and Disorder/ Treatment. Ordinariness/Living Well foregrounded the role of personal strengths in living well and in overcoming adversity, particularly that associated with being stigmatized. We identified that theme as central to the ways in which these speakers depicted themselves as recognizably human and understandable. Conclusion: The findings are preliminary but these depictions are different from those reported by most researchers. Unlike those depictions, these speakers provided accessible and recognizably human self-portrayals. That finding intensifies our concern that most researchers appear to be unaware that these consumer voices are largely absent from mass media depictions of mental illnesses.

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March, Priscilla A. "Ethical Responses to Media Depictions of Mental Illness: An Advocacy Approach." Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education and Development 38, no. 2 (December 1999): 70–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.2164-490x.1999.tb00065.x.

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Coverdale, J. H. "A Research Agenda Concerning Depictions of Mental Illness in Children's Media." Academic Psychiatry 30, no. 1 (February 1, 2006): 83–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.30.1.83.

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Nairn, Raymond. "Does the Use of Psychiatrists as Sources of Information Improve Media Depictions of Mental Illness? A Pilot Study." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 33, no. 4 (August 1999): 583–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.1999.00587.x.

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Objective: The aim of this study is to determine whether mental illnesses are depicted in less negative ways in print media when psychiatrists rather than lay persons are the source of information. Method: Seven items from a special report on mental health, four derived from lay sources and three from psychiatrists, were subjected to a discourse analysis informed by knowledge of media practices. Results: The psychiatrists were clearly distinguished and deployed as experts in contrast to lay sources. Two of the psychiatrists presented mental illnesses in less negative ways than in the other items. These more positive depictions were undermined by the devices that the journalists used to give authority to the portrayals of mental illness and by the need to create ‘newsworthy’ items. Conclusion: If psychiatrists and other mental health professionals are to have a positive effect on how media depict mental illness, they will have to develop closer relationships with journalists and a better appreciation of media priorities and practices.

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Chen, Marian, and Stephen Lawrie. "Newspaper depictions of mental and physical health." BJPsych Bulletin 41, no. 6 (December 2017): 308–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.bp.116.054775.

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Aims and methodMedia portrayals of mental illness have long been recognised as being misleading and stigmatising. Following the campaigns of several advocacy groups to address this issue, we aimed to evaluate the impact on mental health reporting over time. We repeated a survey we did 15 years ago using the same methods. Nine UK daily newspapers were surveyed over a 4-week period and coded with a schema to analyse the reporting of mental health compared with physical health.ResultsIn total, 963 articles – 200 on mental health and 763 on physical health – were identified. Over half of the articles on mental health were negative in tone: 18.5% indicated an association with violence compared with 0.3% of articles on physical health. However, there were more quotes from patients with mental disorders than physical disorders (22.5% v. 19.7%) and an equal mention of treatment and rehabilitation.Clinical implicationsMental health in print media remains tainted by themes of violence, however some improvement in reporting in recent years is evident, in particular by providing a voice for people with mental illness.

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WAHL, OTTO. "Depictions of mental illnesses in children's media." Journal of Mental Health 12, no. 3 (January 2003): 249–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0963823031000118230.

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Coverdale, J., R. Nairn, and D. Claasen. "What is the role of intertextuality in media depictions of mental illness?" Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34, s1 (January 2000): A15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/000486700579.

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Rosen, Alan, and Garry Walter. "Way Out of Tune: Lessons from Shine and Its Exposé." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 34, no. 2 (April 2000): 237–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/j.1440-1614.2000.00644.x.

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Objective: The depiction of David Helfgott's life presented in the movie Shine is at odds with other public accounts, notably one by his sister, Margaret. These significant discrepancies have sparked a prolonged media debate and provide the opportunity to examine cinema's apparent ground rules governing depictions of psychiatry in film, the media values and pressures which are claimed to limit the scope of these portrayals, and the implications for psychiatry. Method: Information was obtained from a number of sources, including Shine, books about the movie and Shine film paraphernalia, other films about mental illness, the psychiatric papers on cinema, media images of mental illness and media values, and through discussions with fellow mental health professionals, consumers, carers and media specialists. Results: David Helfgott emerges as an undoubtedly remarkable and resilient individual, who, together with his family, was vulnerable to, and may have experienced, exploitation and violation through the cinema. Conclusions: Filmmakers should reconcile media values and constraints with considerations of ethics and public accountability. Marrying these considerations is both possible and compatible with good filmmaking and audience appeal. There is the potential for a story about those who have mental illness to be told from multiple points of view without compromising dramatic power.

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Wilson, Claire, Raymond Nairn, John Coverdale, and Aroha Panapa. "Mental Illness Depictions in Prime-Time Drama: Identifying the Discursive Resources." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 33, no. 2 (April 1999): 232–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00543.x.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to determine how the mentally ill are depicted in prime-time television dramas. Method: Fourteen television dramas that included at least one character with a mental illness, shown in prime-time during a 1-year period, were systematically viewed and analysed. Results: Fifteen of the 20 mentally ill characters were depicted as physically violent toward self or others. Characters were also depicted negatively as simple or lacking in comprehension and appearing lost, unpredictable, unproductive, asocial, vulnerable, dangerous to self or others because of incompetent behaviours, untrustworthy, and social outcasts, and positively as caring or empathic. Conclusions: These data are consistent with an overwhelming negativity of depictions of the mentally ill found in other forms of media and settings, and contribute to the stigmatisation of this population.

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Olstead, Riley. "Contesting the text: Canadian media depictions of the conflation of mental illness and criminality." Sociology of Health & Illness 24, no. 5 (September 2002): 621–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.00311.

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Pittock, A. "A literary exploration of British cultural attitudes to psychiatry during the late 1800s and their development over the following century." European Psychiatry 41, S1 (April 2017): S578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.863.

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IntroductionBritish psychiatry was in its embryonic stage in the late nineteenth century. Early psychiatrists employed radical treatments with little success and not much is documented about public attitudes. Using fictional depictions of madness and physicians allows us to explore cultural attitudes to psychiatry at the time.ObjectivesFirst, to analyze the portrayal of madness and physicians in the island of Dr. Moreau and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; second, to use this to provide insight into the public opinion of psychiatry and third, to evaluate the development of attitudes using twentieth century media.AimTo provide an insight into the social perspective of mental illness in the late nineteenth century and consider its evolution over the last one hundred years.MethodsTwo famous, well-received novels of the time were chosen for analysis. Historical knowledge of the period was sought using JSTOR, NHS Scotland's The Knowledge Network and Google Scholar. Novels and media depictions were analysed in relation to the scientific understanding at the time.ResultsThe novels show two ways of control: surgical (Moreau) and chemical (Jekyll). Both are unsuccessful, as were physician's attempts in reality. The narrators’ concerns mirror the cultural anxiety at the time surrounding containment and treatment of mental illness. Media portrayal of cruel, unsuccessful treatment continues throughout the twentieth century.ConclusionsNineteenth century cultural attitudes to mental illness show a distinct anxiety and concern with barbaric treatments and their inefficacy. Despite psychiatric progress, the media have continued to portray mental illness and its treatment in a negative light, suggesting continued levels of societal concern.Disclosure of interestThe author has not supplied his/her declaration of competing interest.

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Ring, Jessi. "Incorrigible While Incarcerated: Critically Analyzing Mainstream Canadian News Depictions of Ashley Smith." Canadian Graduate Journal of Sociology and Criminology 3, no. 1 (April 2, 2014): 34–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.15353/cgjsc.v3i1.3760.

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Ashley Smith, who is typically presented in the media as mentally ill, was nineteen years old when she died from self-strangulation in an Ontario women’s prison on October 19th, 2007. In this paper, I explore how Ashley Smith’s actions and death were portrayed in four mainstream Canadian newspapers (Globe and Mail, Telegraph-Journal, Toronto Star and National Post). My aims in this paper are to critically analyze depictions of mental illness presented by these news articles and connect these portrayals to labeling theories. Two variables—the timing of the news coverage and newspaper political affiliation—emerged as being influential in how newspapers depicted Ashley Smith as mentally ill, through their use of generic and/or negative terminology and vulnerability stereotypes. I also discuss ‘alternative’ stories of Ashley Smith and examine their potential to challenge typical conceptualizations of mental illness, gender and carceral environments.

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Nairn, Raymond, John H. Coverdale, and Donna Claasen. "What is the Role of Intertextuality in Media Depictions of Mental Illness? Implications for Forensic Psychiatry." Psychiatry, Psychology and Law 13, no. 2 (November 2006): 243–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/pplt.13.2.243.

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Wilson, Claire, Raymond Nairn, John Coverdale, and Aroha Panapa. "Constructing Mental Illness as Dangerous: A Pilot Study." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 33, no. 2 (April 1999): 240–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1614.1999.00542.x.

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Objective: There is a dearth of studies examining how dangerousness is constructed in media depictions of mentally ill individuals who are frequently portrayed as acting violently. The aim of the present study was to identify the contribution of diverse technical, semiotic and discursive resources utilised in portraying a character with a mental illness in a prime-time drama as dangerous. Method: Discourse analytic techniques, involving systematic, repeated, critical viewings, were applied to a single program drawn from a sample of prime-time television drama episodes touching on mental illness. Results: Nine devices (appearance, music and sound effects, lighting, language, intercutting, jump-cutting, point of view shots, horror conventions and intertextuality) were identified as contributing to the signified dangerousness of person receiving care in the community for a mental illness. Conclusions: These techniques combine in signifying mental illness and a person suffering from it as dangerous. The findings suggest that mental health professionals working to reduce the stigma of mental illness need to have a reasonably sophisticated understanding of the practices and priorities of television production if they are to collaborate effectively with producers to create dramas that convey more human and sympathetic understandings of mental illness or to combat the negative effects of such portrayals.

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Nairn, Raymond, John Coverdale, and Donna Claasen. "From Source Material to News Story in New Zealand Print Media: A Prospective Study of the Stigmatizing Processes in Depicting Mental Illness." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 35, no. 5 (October 2001): 654–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0004867010060515.

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Objective: The aim of this study was to analyse how newspaper articles that depict mental illnesses are generated from source materials. Method: From a prospectively collected national sample of print materials involving mental illness, 50 published items that related to the Privacy Commissioner's opinion about disclosure of a psychiatric patient's health information were identified. A copy of the Privacy Commissioner's original Case Note and three news stories about the Case Note distributed by the New Zealand Press Association constituted the database. These materials were subjected to discourse analysis. We identified themes and their transformation from the Case Note through the news stories and examined the impact of these transformations on the stigmatization of mental illness. Results: Four themes were identified: human rights, vulnerability, risk of dangerousness and threat, and mental illness/psychiatric patient. The only potentially positive theme, human rights, was limited both by being fragmented in the source material, and by being utilized, in the published news stories to undermine the legitimacy of the patient's right to privacy. Use of the other themes was consistent with stereotypes about mental illness. Conclusions: Although there were no inaccuracies in the content of the news stories they were substantially more negative than the source material in their depiction of the identified patient. A potentially positive discourse (human rights) was not by itself sufficient to ensure a positive portrayal of mental illness. An understanding of the transformations is important for efforts to effectively combat the stigmatization of those with mental illness.

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Chen, Ying-Yeh, Paul S. F. Yip, Chi-Wei Tsai, and Hsiang-Fang Fan. "Media Representation of Gender Patterns of Suicide in Taiwan." Crisis 33, no. 3 (May 1, 2012): 144–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000118.

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Background: Extensive media reporting of suicide events has been indicated as a contributing factor to the upsurge in suicide rates in Taiwan in the past decade. Aims: The study compares gender differences in sociodemographic profiles and method of suicide selectively reported in the newspapers and all suicide cases registered in official death records. It also identifies gender differences in media reports of suicides. Methods: Articles reporting suicide news from four major newspapers in Taiwan (China Times, United Daily, Liberty Times, and Apple Daily) in 2009 were retrieved and analyzed. Gender differences in sociodemographic profiles of suicides reported in the newspapers and official records of all suicide deaths were compared. Any gender differences in newspaper depictions of contributing factors of suicide and situations surrounding the suicidal acts were compared. Results: Newspapers in Taiwan tended to overreport unusual methods of suicide among men and extended suicide among women. The reasons for suicide in men were more frequently portrayed as work-related or after legal problems, whereas in women suicide was more frequently framed as due to mental illness or relationship problems. The news media tended to underreport mental illness as a reason for suicide in men. Limitation: The analysis was based solely on news reporting in the four major newspapers during the year 2009. Conclusions: Media representation of suicide generally follow societal-gendered assumptions of acceptable/unacceptable behaviors. Media professionals should be more careful and responsible in reporting suicide news and avoid any gender bias in their framing of suicide stories. Sensitive rather than sensational reporting should be promoted in order not to reinforce the myths of suicides in the community.

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Byrne, Peter. "Psychiatry and the media." Advances in Psychiatric Treatment 9, no. 2 (March 2003): 135–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/apt.9.2.135.

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Aspects of print, broadcast, film and ‘new media’ are related to their interactions with psychiatry. Frequent representations of mental health issues are paralleled by the adoption of psychological theories into media studies. Key areas are covered where psychiatric items diverge from other medical specialities, such as the depiction of suicide, the dominance of ‘human interest’ stories and negative representation of people with mental illness. Although the language of mental disorders is important, the power of the image needs to be examined. Media items also have implications for public mental health (children as vulnerable viewers) and the clinical practice of psychiatry that are not uniformly negative. Television has limitations and clinicians are encouraged to participate in radio and other media. Resources and practical advice for media contact are provided.

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Asmita Singh. "Bojack Horseman’s Existentialism and the Nuances of Representation of Mental Health." Creative Launcher 6, no. 2 (June 30, 2021): 54–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.53032/tcl.2021.6.2.09.

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Contemporary pop culture and media, especially the ones targeted at young individuals, are beginning to get the rightful recognition, deservedly so. Psychologists, researchers are shifting the focus on the validity of media (Broadcast media in particular like Television, Podcasts, in shaping one’s perception of mental health and illness. OTT platforms such as Amazon Prime, Netflix, and Hotstar, among many others, and the content produced on those have exponentially influenced the lives of so many. As they exercise more freedom than traditional media, they explore uncharted territories in terms of their content, as is obvious because of the lack of censorship. OTT platforms have observed an upward curve in their popularity and usage, especially on account of the depiction of varied themes and subjects like mental illness, therapy, and millennial psychology. Consumption patterns have shifted tremendously, especially in unprecedented confinement. Millennials prefer to consume a lot of online content streamed on these platforms. Qualitative descriptive data in the form of the visual text comes from the Netflix original, Bojack Horseman, while simultaneously applying autoethnographic research technique to understand the depiction of mental health in the show; analyzing the show’s existentialist tools to relieve millennial angst brought on by the unbearableness of human existence.

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Shapiro, Samuel, and Merrill Rotter. "Graphic Depictions: Portrayals of Mental Illness in Video Games." Journal of Forensic Sciences 61, no. 6 (October 26, 2016): 1592–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13214.

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Anderson, Sky LaRell. "Portraying Mental Illness in Video Games." Loading 13, no. 21 (September 14, 2020): 20–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1071449ar.

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This exploratory study examines three video games as case studies for how video games may portray mental illness through interactive, non-narrative design features. The analysis not only reports findings but also offers an evaluation for how video games might improve in how they depict mental illness. The games studied are What Remains of Edith Finch, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, and Doki Doki Literature Club. The analysis identifies how these games use audiovisual styles, control systems, game goals, and procedurality to portray mental illness. A report of the discovered themes precedes a discussion of innovations and weaknesses of those depictions of mental illness.

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Camp, M. E., C. R. Webster, T. R. Coverdale, J. H. Coverdale, and R. Nairn. "The Joker: A Dark Night for Depictions of Mental Illness." Academic Psychiatry 34, no. 2 (March 1, 2010): 145–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ap.34.2.145.

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Jackson, Richard, Rashmi Patel, Sumithra Velupillai, George Gkotsis, David Hoyle, and Robert Stewart. "Knowledge discovery for Deep Phenotyping serious mental illness from Electronic Mental Health records." F1000Research 7 (February 21, 2018): 210. http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.13830.1.

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Background: Deep Phenotyping is the precise and comprehensive analysis of phenotypic features, where the individual components of the phenotype are observed and described. In UK mental health clinical practice, most clinically relevant information is recorded as free text in the Electronic Health Record, and offers a granularity of information beyond that expressed in most medical knowledge bases. The SNOMED CT nomenclature potentially offers the means to model such information at scale, yet given a sufficiently large body of clinical text collected over many years, it’s difficult to identify the language that clinicians favour to express concepts. Methods: Vector space models of language seek to represent the relationship between words in a corpus in terms of cosine distance between a series of vectors. When utilising a large corpus of healthcare data and combined with appropriate clustering techniques and manual curation, we explore how such models can be used for discovering vocabulary relevant to the task of phenotyping Serious Mental Illness (SMI) with only a small amount of prior knowledge. Results: 20 403 n-grams were derived and curated via a two stage methodology. The list was reduced to 557 putative concepts based on eliminating redundant information content. These were then organised into 9 distinct categories pertaining to different aspects of psychiatric assessment. 235 (42%) concepts were found to be depictions of putative clinical significance. Of these, 53 (10%) were identified having novel synonymy with existing SNOMED CT concepts. 106 (19%) had no mapping to SNOMED CT. Conclusions: We demonstrate a scalable approach to discovering new depictions of SMI symptomatology based on real world clinical observation. Such approaches may offer the opportunity to consider broader manifestations of SMI symptomatology than is typically assessed via current diagnostic frameworks, and create the potential for enhancing nomenclatures such as SNOMED CT based on real world depictions.

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Crichton, Paul. "Mental illness and the media." Psychiatric Bulletin 24, no. 12 (December 2000): 469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.24.12.469-a.

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Bolton, Jim. "Mental illness and the media." Psychiatric Bulletin 24, no. 9 (September 2000): 345–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.24.9.345.

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Stigmatising opinions about mental illness are more common among young people than older people (Yarney, 1999). Whether the media should carry responsibility for this was the subject of the College's 13th Christmas Lecture for Young People. Over 300 school children gathered in central London to take part in a debate on the role of the media in the portrayal of mental illness. Alison Lowe introduced the debate by illustrating how common mental illness is. She invited everyone to look at the eight people sitting around them before adding, “In your lifetimes at least one of you will see a psychiatrist”.

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Bender, Eve. "Realistic Depictions of Mental Illness Win Awards for Films, TV Shows." Psychiatric News 46, no. 14 (July 15, 2011): 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/pn.46.14.psychnews_46_14_4_2.

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Vilhauer, Ruvanee P. "Depictions of auditory verbal hallucinations in news media." International Journal of Social Psychiatry 61, no. 1 (May 27, 2014): 58–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0020764014535757.

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Wahl, Otto F. "News Media Portrayal of Mental Illness." American Behavioral Scientist 46, no. 12 (August 2003): 1594–600. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002764203254615.

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Belter, Ronald W. "Popular Media Portrayals of Mental Illness." Contemporary Psychology: A Journal of Reviews 42, no. 8 (August 1997): 751–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/000183.

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Williams, Meryl, and Judy Taylor. "Mental illness: media perpetuation of stigma." Contemporary Nurse 4, no. 1 (March 1995): 41–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.5172/conu.4.1.41.

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Thaller, Sarah. "Troubled Teens and Monstrous Others: Problematic Depictions of Characters with Mental Illness in Young Adult Literature." Study and Scrutiny: Research on Young Adult Literature 1, no. 1 (May 31, 2015): 215. http://dx.doi.org/10.15763/issn.2376-5275.2015.1.1.215-253.

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<p>Young adult literature has never shied away from taboo topics, particularly if the topics effect or concern adolescents. Recent studies have indicated that one fifth of the American population, about 50 million people including children and adults, live with some form of mental illness. Mental illness is clearly an issue that impacts young people, yet there are very few examples of authentic representations of characters with profound mental illness in young adult (YA) literature. This article discusses two texts that contribute to stereotypes about mental illness.</p>

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Henson, Connie, Simon Chapman, Lachlan McLeod, Natalie Johnson, Kevin McGeechan, and Ian Hickie. "More Us Than Them: Positive Depictions of Mental Illness on Australian Television News." Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 43, no. 6 (January 2009): 554–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00048670902873623.

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Cull, AP. "Media re-enforces negativeimage of mental illness." Nursing Standard 14, no. 19 (January 26, 2000): 29. http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.14.19.29.s48.

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Chaiklin, Harris. "Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness." Journal of Nervous &amp Mental Disease 185, no. 10 (October 1997): 653. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00005053-199710000-00019.

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Gilman, Sander L., and Jeffrey L. Geller. "Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness." Psychiatric Services 48, no. 2 (February 1997): 247. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ps.48.2.247.

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Conway, C. "Mad, bad, and dangerous to know: psychiatric illness in film and theatre." Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine 33, no. 1 (July 2, 2015): 55–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ipm.2015.22.

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AimsTo describe and discuss the portrayal of psychiatric illness in film and theatre.MethodA review of psychiatric literature on psychiatric illness and stigma was carried out. This was combined with a review of selected films and plays. The dramatic function of mental illness, and the manner of its portrayal, were considered in a discursive manner.ResultsFrom Ancient Greek theatre to modern film, psychiatric illness has been used to exemplify “otherness”. This has frequently had connotations of danger and violence, either to others or to societal norms. Occasionally psychiatric illness is depicted as transformative, or an understandable reaction to an insane environment, and there is a trend towards more nuanced depictions of mental illness. However, the disproportionate association of mental illness with violence and danger is reflected in the public's perception of mental illness, and contributes to self-stigmatisation.ConclusionOngoing communication between psychiatry, service users and the arts may help to challenge the stereotype of “mad, bad and dangerous to know”.

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Ramsay, Rosalind. "Media for Mental Health." Psychiatric Bulletin 14, no. 6 (June 1990): 380–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.14.6.380.

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Broadcast media can powerfully influence the way we view the world. Journalists drawn to sensational news items do not necessarily portray the real situation they are describing. Often they strengthen belief in stereotyped images, such as the ‘mad axeman’. Yet they have the potential to foster greater public understanding of mental illness and a more responsible attitude to sufferers.

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Vidamaly, Somsamay, and Soon Li Lee. "Young Adults' Mental Illness Aesthetics on Social Media." International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning 11, no. 2 (April 2021): 13–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/ijcbpl.2021040102.

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Social media posts expressing mental illness such as depression are trending in today's society. The aesthetics of dark and depressing posts are highlighted in blogs or social media accounts of young individuals. Consequently, this study investigated why young people use mental illness as an aesthetic on social media. On top of that, this study contributes to the limited body of research on this subject. This study applied a method known as netnography, an analysis of social interactions online. Furthermore, the actor-network theory (ANT) was employed as an analytical tool to explore insights and draw conclusions. Seven mediators were identified as possible causes that prompted mental illness aesthetic use, including Tumblr, media, attention seekers, coping mechanism, victimhood, emo culture, and mental health awareness. These findings provided insights into developing interventions and systematic methods to discuss mental illness properly. This study also identified current challenges in social media research regarding mental illness detection.

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Stuart, Heather. "Media Portrayal of Mental Illness and its Treatments." CNS Drugs 20, no. 2 (2006): 99–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.2165/00023210-200620020-00002.

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Smith, Michael. "Role of the popular media in mental illness." Lancet 349, no. 9067 (June 1997): 1779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(05)63008-5.

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Mayer, Anne, and Diane D. Barry. "Working With the Media to Destigmatize Mental Illness." Psychiatric Services 43, no. 1 (January 1992): 77–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/ps.43.1.77.

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Levin, Aaron. "Media Cling to Stigmatizing Portrayals of Mental Illness." Psychiatric News 46, no. 24 (December 16, 2011): 16a. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/pn.46.24.psychnews_46_24_16-a.

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Ritvo, Eva. "Mental Illness and the Media: Two-Edged Sword." Psychiatric News 36, no. 18 (September 21, 2001): 24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/pn.36.18.0024a.

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Levin, Aaron. "Violence and Mental Illness: Media Keep Myths Alive." Psychiatric News 36, no. 9 (May 4, 2001): 10–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/pn.36.9.0010.

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Moran, Mark. "Yates Case Puts Mental Illness In Media Spotlight." Psychiatric News 37, no. 8 (April 19, 2002): 1–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/pn.37.8.0001a.

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Kesic, Dragana, Lauren V. Ducat, and Stuart DM Thomas. "Using Force: Australian Newspaper Depictions of Contacts Between the Police and Persons Experiencing Mental Illness." Australian Psychologist 47, no. 4 (October 19, 2011): 213–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1742-9544.2011.00051.x.

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