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Stuart, H. (2006). Media Portrayal of Mental Illness and its Treatments: What Effect Does it Have on People with Mental Illness?. //CNS Drugs//, //20//(2), 99-106. @http://www.nclive.org/cgi-bin/nclsm?url=%22http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=19748956&site=eds-live%22


 * 1) Consequences of negative media images for people with mental illness include: impaired self-esteem, help-seeking behaviors, medication adherence and overall recovery.
 * 2) Mentally ill characters are victimized more often than other characters.
 * 3) Mentally ill characters are portrayed as significantly more violent than other characters and also significantly more violent that actual people with mental illness.
 * 4) "The message that mental illness causes violence has been consistent since the early days of television.
 * 5) Reporters emphasize the violent and irrational behaviors and often make rude headlines to catch attention.
 * 6) When American children begin school, they will have spent the equivalent of three school years watching television.
 * 7) They also get a clear idea of how others would treat them if they became mentally ill.
 * 8) Heavy exposure to media images of mental illness also brings about lack of willingness to understand more toward people with mental illnesses and negatively influences the way the public evaluates mental health issues.
 * 9) News of a killing by someone with a mental disorder, the number of times it is reported, is giving the mistaken impression that violence is recurring in the mental ill.
 * 10) Public fear and rejection increases and stereotypes are built up every time a violent act is reported.
 * 11) People with mental disorders and the families of these people are aware of the negative depictions streaming through the media.
 * 12) In the UK, 3/4 of mental health services users reported that media coverage of mental health is unfair, negative and unbalanced.
 * 13) Half said the media coverage had a negative effect on their own mental health.
 * 14) They blame negative media images for treatment-related issues (denial of symptoms, failure to seek treatment, failure to accept treatment and poor attachment to treatment procedures).
 * 15) The media are blamed for creating blame toward people with a mental illness which limits help-seeking behaviors, medication attachments and illness recovery.
 * 16) Improving public education as a way of taking a more proactive role in helping the public recognize and manage mental disorders.
 * 17) "As few areas of research have yielded such consistent results,-- over time, across study methods, across countries and even across different media -- it may now be time to shift attention away from any mental illness to the more challenging prospect of how to use the media to improve the life chances and recovery possibilities for the one in four people who live with a mental disorder."