The Anxious Times

What is it about?

This research explores models of disability present in 83 articles covering anxiety disorders and published by The Australian newspaper between 2000 and 2015.

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Why is it important?

As this study reveals an ongoing potential for newspaper discussion of anxiety to increase stigma, it is important that students, journalists and editors (where necessary) work to challenge dominant discourses which promote traditional stigmatising discourses of mental ill-health.