Acedemic Articles...



The Sociological Quarterly

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1533-8525.1992.tb00383.x/abstract


'people labeled mentally ill experience negative societal reactions'

'respondents reject the mentally ill'




Stigma & Mental Illness Fink.P , Tasman.A (American Psychiatric Press, Washington DC, 1992)


http://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=gmCxeAw7-Z4C&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=stereotypes+of+the+mentally+ill&ots=3jJKGwdgb8&sig=uuvd6lUaciWPA7hQeaBWWMoXphA#v=onepage&q=stereotypes%20of%20the%20mentally%20ill&f=false

'Stigma associated with mental illness can cause those afflicted to delay seeking treatment or to conceal the illness in an attempt to escape the shame and isolation of being labeled 'disturbed' and 'other' '




American Journal of Community Psychology Wahl.O, Yonaton Lefkowitz.J

http://www.springerlink.com/content/u576862827715776/fulltext.pdf


'media presentations about mental illness matched neither the views of the public nor those of mental health professionals'

'Domino (1983) compared responses to a questionnaire before and after the release of the film "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." He reported that those who saw the film expressed less positive attitudes than those who had not seen it and concluded that cinematography can exert a powerful influence on attitudes toward the mentally ill.'

Oxford Journals: Schizophrenia Bulletin, Images of Mental Illnes in The Media, Volume 30 Issue 3 Stout.P, Villegas.J, Jennings.N

http://schizophreniabulletin.oxfordjournals.org/content/30/3/543.full.pdf+html


'The mass media, including television and broadcast news, are the primary source of information about mental illness for many Americans'

'The media are believed to play a major role in contributing to mental illness stigma via the images they portray of characters with mental illness as well as the misinformation communicated, inaccurate use of psychiatric terms, and unfavorable stereotypes of people with mental illness'