Spanish media coverage of youth mental health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Juan Pablo Carrasco PicazoAnne-Marie SaucierRob WhitleyPublished in: BMC psychiatry (2023)
The percentage of news in the Spanish media that refer to young people's mental health in a stigmatising way or in a way associated with violence is very low. Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic may have promoted more positive discussion about youth mental health. However, major challenges remain to be addressed, as patients are seldom quoted, very few articles offer help-seeking information, and a narrative of victimisation without appropriate discussion of resilience regularly occurs.