<p> This paper, written in journalistic style, discusses the disclosure of mental illness and its relation to stigma and discrimination. It consists of two magazine length articles. The first article (designated as Chapter I) is about the personal disclosure of mental illness by mental health professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and others who have experienced mental illness themselves. This article discusses the extent of mental illness among professionals, the reasons professionals often remain silent, the risks and benefits of disclosing, and the complexity involved in revealing mental illness. The second article (designated as Chapter I) discusses disclosure as it pertains to all people who have mental illness. This article discusses disclosure and its relationship to stigma and discrimination, why stigma exists and persists, the disclosure of mental illness on the job, and the role of work in stigma reduction and recovery.</p>

This qualitative analysis of the framing of health issues by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one of the world’s premier health organizations, and by major U.S. newspapers analyzes the frames present in a sample of the CDC’s press releases, and the frames present in the contemporaneous (and often resulting) press coverage. This study focuses on communication surrounding public health events that occurred in the six-year period 2002–2007.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-22T20:50:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-11-24 / Objetivos: Descrever e analisar as informações sobre a esquizofrenia presentes em textos com temática relacionada à saúde e em textos sobre outros temas, publicados no jornal Folha de São Paulo (FSP), entre 1/1/2007 e 31/12/2008. Metodologia: Foi realizada uma busca eletrônica dos textos, utilizando-se os seguintes termos: esquizofrenia, esquizofrênico(a)(s), surto, psicose, psicótico(a)(s). Foi realizada a análise de conteúdo. As informações sobre a esquizofrenia presentes em textos relacionadas à área da saúde foram sintetizadas e comparadas com o conhecimento disseminado em revistas científicas. Foi determinado o uso popular dos termos em textos não relacionados á área da saúde. Adicionalmente, os textos foram avaliados em relação aos atributos de uma comunicação em saúde efetiva, examinou-se a presença de indicadores de uma cobertura jornalística inadequada e de mitos populares sobre a doença mental. Resultados: Foram identificados 687 textos, 219 deles preencheram os critérios de inclusão e exclusão: 75 textos relacionados à área da saúde e 144 em que os termos eram usados fora do contexto médico. As categorias temáticas com maior número de textos entre aqueles da área da saúde foram a distúrbio e violência e o tratamento. Entre os textos não relacionados à saúde, os termos foram identificados em resenhas de filmes cinematográficos, descrições populares do distúrbio (incluindo características que não corresponde à definição médica), expressões pejorativas, expressões humorísticas. O uso metafórico dos termos associou ao distúrbio as características de contradição, divisão/multiplicidade, falta de sentido e conflito, entre outras; 80% das metáforas tinham uma conotação negativa. Conclusão: A FSP divulgou informações sobre os fatores genéticos da esquizofrenia e sobre os benefícios da medicação psicotrópica o que pode contribuir para uma percepção mais favorável das intervenções psiquiátricas. Adicionalmente, descreveu histórias sobre portadores com vidas produtivas e inseridos na comunidade, entretanto, os relatos de crimes cometidos por supostos portadores superaram em número e em destaque os exemplos positivos, o que pode anular qualquer outra mensagem que poderia contribuir para o combate do estigma da esquizofrenia. Os resultados sugerem que a complexidade do distúrbio, os diversos fatores etiológicos, as diferenças individuais e as alternativas terapêuticas, não foram abordados. Os textos com uso popular dos termos associou a esquizofrenia à violência ou à criatividade, bem como divulgaram mitos e imagens estigmatizantes. O diálogo entre profissionais de comunicação, da saúde e associações de familiares e portadores pode melhor a qualidade da cobertura da imprensa sobre a doença mental. / Aim: To describe and analyze information on schizophrenia present in articles about health and non-health related issues, published between 1/1/2007 e 12/31/2008, by the largest Brazilian national newspaper, Folha de S.Paulo (FSP). Method: An electronic search of the FSP database was conducted using the terms: schizophrenia, schizophrenic(s), psychotic episode, psychosis and psychotic(s). A content analysis was performed. Descriptive information on the disease was extracted from health articles, synthesized and compared with the disorder description among the current scientific literature. Popular and metaphoric uses of the terms were analyzed. Articles were rated against health communication attributes; and against inappropriate coverage indicators. The presences of the common myths about mental disorders were examined. Results: The electronic search identified a total of 687 articles, 219 of them fulfilled the inclusion/exclusion criterious (75 texts on health and 144 about non-health related issues). The thematic categories with the highest number of health articles were: mental disorders and violence, treatment. Articles about treatment emphasized the benefits of antipsychotics, discussed health services, and described a new intervention. Schizophrenia terms were identified in texts about non-health related issues on fictional reviews, disorder description (including non pathological features described as schizophrenia), pejorative labels, and humoristic expressions. The metaphoric meanings identified included: contradiction, splitting/ multiplicity, lack of meaning and conflict, 80% of the metaphors presented a negative connotation. Conclusions: FSP divulgated information about the genetic factors, the risk of drug-induced psychosis and the benefits of antipsychotics, which may contribute to stigma-reducing toward pharmacological treatment. Additionally, the newspaper described stories of individuals with schizophrenia integrated into society; however, news about crimes allegedly committed by affected individuals surpassed positive stories both in number and emphasis. Articles presented inappropriate language and stigmatizing messages. Results suggest that the complexity of the disorder, its multifaceted etiology, individual differences and therapeutic alternatives were not widely discussed. Articles about non health related issues associated schizophrenia and violence or creativity, divulgated myths and stigmatized images. Dialogue among media and health professionals, affected individuals and their families may improve media coverage about schizophrenia. / TEDE / BV UNIFESP: Teses e dissertações

The subject for our bachelor thesis is how sugar is portrayed in Aftonbladet. By analyzing newspapers from 1995 and 2013 we wanted to research if the portrayal of sugar has changed during the years. We have noticed that there is a trend of being healthy and fit today. “Strong is the new skinny” is a quote we can see in social media and on blogs today. In the humans pursuit of becoming healthy and strong the sugar has become the villain in todays society. In 2014, many cookbooks with sugarfree recipies have been published and the media can’t seem to stop writing about new diets and how to loose weight. To analyze the difference in how sugar is portrayed in Aftonbladet between 1995 and 2013 we made a quantitative content analysis. A conclusion of our analysis shows that there are more texts about sugar in 2013 than in 1995 and that the recipies are the dominant kind of texts in the latter. Most texts in 1995 was recipes and texts about the risk of sugar came second. In 2013 the recipes had decreased but there had been an increase in dietary recommendations. The authors behind the texts are mostly the writers or celebrities, but when it comes to the texts about the risks of sugar it’s usually a researcher who is the author. 2013 there was only written about one celebrity who lost weight, while in 1995 it was the individuals behind the texts. There is a mixed message about sugar, it is written about both as an ingredient in a recipe at the same time as critical voices warning the reader about the same type of foods are heard.

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