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Public education: 12 years on

Royal College of Psychiatrists, 17 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8PG

• The Royal College of Psychiatrists' is receiving more positive press coverage than negative, which is the reverse for ‘psychiatry’ in general.
  
• The use of stigmatising language was made in only a very small number of instances.
  
• Regional newspapers tended to reflect the most substantial negativity in coverage.
  
• Most areas of negativity were in relation either to ‘community care’ or changes/potential changes to law or policy, primarily Government policy.
  
• 1997 saw a decrease in the coverage of the College's public education materials compared to 1993, although the coverage was consistent throughout the year.
  
• Overall coverage of psychiatric issues was on the increase.
  
• The most negative comments in terms of ‘treatment’ and ‘diagnosis’ were concerned with electroconvulsive therapy and chronic fatigue syndrome.
  

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