The purpose of this review is to situate contemporary research on media representation
within a discourse of gender and madness through Foucauldian theory. The review …

This paper explores how tensions and power differentials within public mental health
interact with the practices of media production in entertainment television. I present the …

This study is based on interviews with Australian journalists about their experiences of
reporting on mental health issues, including how they see their role and their views about …

" We seem to be living in hysterical times. A simple Google search reveals the sheer
bottomless well of “hysterical” discussions on diverse topics such as the# metoo movement …

Disability is a widespread phenomenon, indeed a potentially universal one as life
expectancies rise. Within the academic world, it has relevance for all disciplines yet is often …

On a visit to London in 2009, I caught sight of a poster on the Underground produced by the
campaign Time to Change. Titled,'Is your mind made up about mental illness?'the poster …

Disability policy and the institutionalization and deinstitutionalization process provide the
opportunity to critically reflect on social policy and praxis, with a specific emphasis on the …

The media is widely recognised as contributing to stigma associated with mental illness by
portraying it in connection with violence and/or undesirable traits. In response, campaigns …

The problem of media representations about mental health is now a global issue with health
agencies expressing concern about produced stigma and its outcomes, specifically social …

This article will argue that Nancy Fraser's (,) notion of 'progressive neoliberalism'provides a
conceptual lens that can be effective in the development of a critical analysis of mental …