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Table 4 Articles featuring specified diagnosis and primary story theme groups with Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared test for trend.a, b

From: Newspaper coverage of mental illness in the UK, 1992-2008

 

Year

  
 

1992 (n =321)

2000 (n =433)

2008 (n =607)

Trend

 

%

n

%

n

%

n

χ2 (d.f. = 1)

P

No diagnosis specified

39

124

24

102

31

189

  

   Bad news

76

94

73

74

48

91

26.653

< 0.001

   Understanding mental illness

6

8

14

14

24

45

17.096

< 0.001

   Services and advocacy

18

22

14

14

28

53

5.692

0.017

Depression

28

91

34

149

37

226

  

   Bad news

38

35

32

47

28

63

3.287

0.070

   Understanding mental illness

46

42

59

88

63

142

6.643

0.010

   Services and advocacy

15

14

9

14

9

21

1.976

0.160

Eating disorders

14

45

13

58

14

82

  

   Bad news

58

26

16

9

17

14

20.297

< 0.001

   Understanding mental illness

42

19

78

45

78

64

14.682

< 0.001

   Services and advocacy

0

0

7

4

5

4

-

-

Anxiety disorders

10

32

14

62

11

67

  

   Bad news

19

6

21

13

18

12

0.38

0.845

   Understanding mental illness

63

20

69

43

72

48

0.760

0.383

   Services and advocacy

19

6

10

6

10

7

-

-

Schizophrenia

12

38

14

59

9

57

  

   Bad news

58

22

49

29

68

39

1.535

0.215

   Understanding mental illness

16

6

27

16

25

14

0.758

0.384

   Services and advocacy

26

10

24

14

7

4

6.443

0.011

Bipolar disorder

4

12

3

11

3

19

  

   Bad news

50

6

64

7

21

4

-

-

   Understanding mental illness

33

4

9

1

53

10

-

-

   Services and advocacy

17

2

27

3

26

5

-

-

Personality disorders

2

7

6

26

1

9

  

   Bad news

86

6

85

22

56

5

-

-

   Understanding mental illness

0

0

8

2

33

3

-

-

   Services and advocacy

14

1

8

2

11

1

-

-

ADHD

0

0

4

18

4

24

  

   Bad news

0

0

22

4

8

2

-

-

   Understanding mental illness

0

0

72

13

88

21

-

-

   Services and advocacy

0

0

6

1

4

1

-

-

Other disorders

1

2

1

5

1

7

  

   Bad news

50

1

40

2

14

1

-

-

   Understanding mental illness

0

0

60

3

71

5

-

-

   Services and advocacy

50

1

0

0

14

1

-

-

  1. a. Diagnoses given as % of all articles from specified year; sum of all diagnoses adds up to more than 100% as articles can feature multiple diagnoses. Primary story theme groups given as % of all articles featuring specified diagnosis from specified year.
  2. b. Test for trend could not be performed for theme groups with expected cell values < 5.