Newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK, 1992-2008.

The article presents paper analyses trends in newspaper coverage of mental illness in Great Britain between 1992-2008 across a range of psychiatric diagnoses. It mentions that a content analysis was performed on a sample of articles (n = 1361) about mental illness. It reports that there was a significant proportional reduction in negative articles about mental illness between 1992 and 2008, and a significant increase in articles explaining psychiatric disorders.