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A discourse analysis of the construction of mental illness in two UK newspapers from 1985-2000
1Department of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, UK. b.a.paterson@stir.ac.uk
Abstract:
This study explored the discourse of mental illness contained within two UK newspapers over a 15-year period, excluding those stories that mentioned any reference to a diagnosis. Using frame analysis, a form of discourse analysis, ten distinct frames were identified and classified into "stories." These ten stories were categorized as: foreign, legal, drug, feature, trauma, tragedy, community care tragedy, social policy, inquiry report, and sports/celebrity stories. Each frame is described and the potential influence of such frames on both social policy and nursing practice is discussed.
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