Table 1 Primary story themes of articles on mental illness by year with Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared test for trend.

Bad news

59

188

44

190

37

222

39.606

< 0.001

   Danger to others

21

66

23

101

14

87

7.950

0.005

   Suicide and self-injury

16

50

5

23

8

48

10.692

0.001

   Victimization and severe mistreatment

13

41

4

16

2

11

47.580

< 0.001

   Strange, inept, or burdensome

10

31

12

50

13

76

1.627

0.202

Good news

Understanding mental illness

26

85

45

197

50

301

41.096

< 0.001

   Explaining: causes, treatments, prevalence, and symptoms

13

42

29

125

30

182

26.833

< 0.001

Biological

4

13

10

44

7

40

0.761

0.383

Psychosocial

6

20

17

73

19

113

22.151

< 0.001

Not specified

3

9

2

8

5

29

3.765

0.052

   Individuals and groups affected by mental illness

13

43

17

72

20

119

5.820

0.016

Services and advocacy

15

48

11

46

14

84

.020

0.888

   Mental health service inadequacies and improvements

11

34

8

36

10

61

0.004

0.952

   Stigma, discrimination, and public education

4

14

2

10

4

23

0.027

0.871