How the use of the term schizo* has changed in an Italian newspaper from 2001 to 2015: Findings from a descriptive analysis

PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH

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Pingani, Luca^1,2  Sampogna, Gaia³  Borghi, Giulia²  Nasi, Annamaria⁴  Coriani, Sandra⁴  Luciano, Mario³  Galeazzi, Gian Maria⁵  Evans-Lacko, Sara⁶  Fiorillo, Andrea³ 

[1] IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Azienda Unita Sanit Locale, Human Resources Dept, Via Amendola 2, I-42121 Reggio Emilia, Italy

[2] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Degree Course Psychiat Rehabil, Via Amendola 2, I-42121 Reggio Emilia, Italy

[3] Univ Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Dept Psychiat, Largo Madonna delle Grazie 1, I-80138 Naples, Italy

[4] IRCCS Reggio Emilia, Azienda Unita Sanit Locale, Hlth Profess Dept, Via Amendola 2, I-42121 Reggio Emilia, Italy

[5] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Inst Psychiat, Via Pozzo 71, I-41121 Modena, Italy

[6] London Sch Econ, Personal Social Serv Res Unit, Houghton St, London WC2A 2AE, England

关键词: Newspapers as topic;    Social stigma;    Social discrimination;    Schizophrenia and disorders with psychotic features;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.psychres.2018.10.076

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

The study aims to report the number of newspaper articles including the word schizo in the period 2001 - 2015 and to identify possible predictors reinforcing negative stereotypes about people with schizophrenia. The electronic archives of the Italian newspaper La Stampa have been searched for the term schizo. Selected articles were grouped in articles related to mental health (rMH) or article not related to mental health (nrMH). 946 articles were identified. Schizophrenia-related terms were used in 356 (36.03%) article rMH, which mainly reinforce negative stereotypes regarding mental illness both in rMH and nrMH groups. Over time, only in the rMH group a significant reduction of articles reinforcing negative stereotypes was found. Several factors have been identified as predictors of article reinforcing negative stereotypes: unnecessarily dramatic or sensational headline or content; inaccurate or not in the correct context use of medical terminology; emphasis to the illness rather than to the person; mental disorders are the same; disclosure of particular individual has a mental illness. Although there has been a significant reduction in stigmatizing articles, in the rMH group one article out of three reinforces negative stereotypes.

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