Otto Wahl
Biographic Data
| ID | 6085602 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Otto Wahl |
| GIVEN NAMES | Otto |
| FAMILY NAME | Wahl |
| SIGNATURE | WAHL O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Attitudes of mental health professionals about mental illness: A review of the recent literature
A large body of research has documented public attitudes toward people with mental illness. The current attitudes of the people who provide services to those with psychiatric disorders are important to understand, as well. The authors review what studies over the past 5 years reveal about the attitudes of psychiatric professionals. Empirical studies of the attitudes of mental health professionals, published since 2004, were identified and reviewe…
The depiction of mental illnesses in children's television programs
Concern has been expressed that negative attitudes toward people with mental illnesses begin to develop early in childhood. This study examines one of the possible sources of learning of such negative attitudes—children's television programs. Two hundred sixty‐nine (269) hours of children's television programming were videotaped, viewed, and rated. Nearly half the programs viewed contained use of mental health terms. Most of these terms were slan…
Mental illness depiction in children's films
Forty‐nine children's (G‐ and PG‐rated) films were viewed and rated with respect to the depiction of mental illnesses. Material about mental illnesses was included in 33 (67%) of these films. Twelve (24%) had one or more characters labeled as having a mental illness; an additional 21 films contained references to mental illnesses. Characters with mental illnesses tended to be male, adult, Caucasian, single or of unknown marital status, and identi…
A note on news staff views of mental illness and its coverage
Questionnaires concerning community attitudes toward mental illness and opinions about news coverage of mental health topics were administered to 26 television news staff and 37 mental health workers. Results showed news personnel have positive attitudes toward the mentally ill and are aware of and concerned about negative stereotyping of mentally ill persons in news programs. The views of news staff were very similar to those of the mental healt…
The depiction of mental illnesses in children's television programs
Concern has been expressed that negative attitudes toward people with mental illnesses begin to develop early in childhood. This study examines one of the possible sources of learning of such negative attitudes—children's television programs. Two hundred sixty‐nine (269) hours of children's television programming were videotaped, viewed, and rated. Nearly half the programs viewed contained use of mental health terms. Most of these terms were slan…
Mental illness depiction in children's films
Forty‐nine children's (G‐ and PG‐rated) films were viewed and rated with respect to the depiction of mental illnesses. Material about mental illnesses was included in 33 (67%) of these films. Twelve (24%) had one or more characters labeled as having a mental illness; an additional 21 films contained references to mental illnesses. Characters with mental illnesses tended to be male, adult, Caucasian, single or of unknown marital status, and identi…
A note on news staff views of mental illness and its coverage
Questionnaires concerning community attitudes toward mental illness and opinions about news coverage of mental health topics were administered to 26 television news staff and 37 mental health workers. Results showed news personnel have positive attitudes toward the mentally ill and are aware of and concerned about negative stereotyping of mentally ill persons in news programs. The views of news staff were very similar to those of the mental healt…
Mental illness depiction in children's films
Forty‐nine children's (G‐ and PG‐rated) films were viewed and rated with respect to the depiction of mental illnesses. Material about mental illnesses was included in 33 (67%) of these films. Twelve (24%) had one or more characters labeled as having a mental illness; an additional 21 films contained references to mental illnesses. Characters with mental illnesses tended to be male, adult, Caucasian, single or of unknown marital status, and identi…
The depiction of mental illnesses in children's television programs
Concern has been expressed that negative attitudes toward people with mental illnesses begin to develop early in childhood. This study examines one of the possible sources of learning of such negative attitudes—children's television programs. Two hundred sixty‐nine (269) hours of children's television programming were videotaped, viewed, and rated. Nearly half the programs viewed contained use of mental health terms. Most of these terms were slan…
Attitudes of mental health professionals about mental illness: A review of the recent literature
A large body of research has documented public attitudes toward people with mental illness. The current attitudes of the people who provide services to those with psychiatric disorders are important to understand, as well. The authors review what studies over the past 5 years reveal about the attitudes of psychiatric professionals. Empirical studies of the attitudes of mental health professionals, published since 2004, were identified and reviewe…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Mental illness (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Media Influence and Health (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Depiction (2 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (2 works) · Mentally ill (2 works)