The University of Washington offers a website to educate journalists on how to report on stories that involve mental health issues. The site, at the source below, provides information including a “Checklist for Reporting on Mental Illness.” The checklist urges journalists to “[w]rite with awareness that people with mental illness face prejudice and discrimination,” and “[a]void using language that implies people with mental illness are violent,” among other suggestions.
Source: http://depts.washington.edu/mhreport/ reposted at darkestcloset.bloggerspot.com
http://depts.washington.edu/mhreport/
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