Covering Mental Health:
A Resource Guide for Reporters and Editors
STIGMA AND MENTAL HEALTH
Dr. Otto Wahl, professor of psychology, George Mason University,
and author, "Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness,"
* (703) 993-1361, fax (703) 993-1359, E-mail: owahl@gmu.edu.
National Stigma Clearinghouse, 275 Seventh Ave., Lobby
Desk, New York, N.Y., 10001, * (212) 255-4411. Jean Arnold
and Nora Weinerth, co-chairs.
A nonprofit group that tracks and protests unfair media images
of mental illness. Promotes accurate portrayal of mental illnesses
and use of psychiatric terms.
Daniel Fisher, M.D., Ph.D., executive director, National
Empowerment Center, 20 Ballard Road, Lawrence, Mass. 01843,
(800) 769-3728.
