Global Adversities, the Media, and Mental Health
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| Year of publication | 2022 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY |
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| Citation | |
| web | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.809239/full |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.809239 |
| Keywords | adversity; uncertainty; media news; stress; inflexibility |
| Description | Currently, environmental and socio-political stressors have been accompanied by the spread of problematic psychological and behavioural tendencies, such as the growing polarisation of opinions and values, online radicalisation and extremism, deepening xenophobia and nationalism, the proliferation of irrational beliefs and conspiracy theories, and resistance to rational public policy measures. Here we argue that although they fall outside the scope of psychopathology, they nevertheless currently constitute a major challenge for psychiatry as a research domain and a clinical practise. To substantiate this claim, we outline the mechanisms by which media-transmitted stressors impact mental well-being and possibly psychopathology. |