[Schizophrenia in the German national paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -- a didactic play]

Publication

[Schizophrenia in the German national paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -- a didactic play]

Journal Paper/Review - Jan 1, 2003

Hoffmann-Richter Ulrike, Forrer Flavio, Finzen Asmus

Citation

Hoffmann-Richter U, Forrer F, Finzen A. [Schizophrenia in the German national paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -- a didactic play]. Psychiatr Prax 2003; 30:4-7.

Type

Journal Paper/Review (Deutsch)

Journal

Psychiatr Prax 2003; 30

Publication Date

Jan 1, 2003

Issn Print

0303-4259

Pages

4-7

Brief description/objective

The Basel Project on Psychiatry and the Printed Media has focussed on the role of the media in the development and enhancement of prejudice and stigma against the mentally ill. Analyzing the reporting of the German national paper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on schizophrenia we show a gap between the competent reporting on the illness schizophrenia and a devaluating use of schizophrenia as a metaphor. This is of special importance since almost three fifth of the identified articles (48 of 83) use schizophrenia as a metaphor.