Mental Health https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk CMVM Psychiatry at work Tue, 31 May 2016 07:51:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 Why is mental illness so controversial? Part 2 – Media coverage https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2016/05/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-2-media-coverage/ https://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/2016/05/why-is-mental-illness-so-controversial-part-2-media-coverage/#comments Tue, 31 May 2016 07:45:45 +0000 http://mentalhealth.mvm.ed.ac.uk/?p=96 Media coverage of mental illness is biased and melodramatic. There are far fewer articles in the press about mental than physical illness, and they are much more likely to be negative.[1,2] Things are just as bad on social media like You Tube, but may be slightly better on Twitter.[3,4]  Whilst … Continue reading →

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