TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Mental health reportage in Ghanaian newspapers between 2000 and 2015: A qualitative analysis
JO  - International journal of mental health
A1  - Dzokoto, V.
A1  - Barnett, C.
A1  - Osei-Tutu, A.
A1  - Briggs, A.
SP  - 192
EP  - 214
VL  - 47
IS  - 3
N2  - Print media plays an important role in the circulation of information in contemporary Ghanaian society. We thematically examined the content of 164 mental health-related articles published between 2000 and 2015 in six widely circulating Ghanaian newspapers. The articles included investigative reports related to specific public events and incidents; advice columns; editorials; and didactic pieces. The articles covered the following four major topics: (1) Mental health awareness and advocacy; (2) Suicide; (3) Donations; and (4) Religion. Our findings demonstrate that Ghanaian newspapers promote awareness about mental disorders; advocate for those with mental disorders; provide mostly accurate basic knowledge about the nature and management of specific disorders; and inform the public about the state of mental health care in Ghana. We also observed that newspapers serve as a medium through which social representations of mental disorder in society are circulated, and in which tensions between common sense views and evidence-based information on mental health are expressed. © 2018, © 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-7411
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2018.1488557
ID  - ref1
ER  -