Portrayal of mental illness in Indian newspapers: A cross-sectional analysis of online media reports.

lowing results: (a) the overall coverage on mental health has increased over the years,[ 7 ] (b) the proportion of negative articles on mental illness might have reduced in the last couple of decades, but the tone of presentations may differ in common and severe mental illness,[ 7 , 8 ] (c) despite a decreasing trend of negative reporting, several previous works showed a substantial proportion of news items still associate mental illness with violence and dangerousness, and use stigmatizing terms.[ 9 , 10 , 11 ] This was striking because a number of these countries have formed national mental health commissions

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