Table 1.
Elements coded by year
| Yeara | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 [n (%)] | 2009 [n (%)] | 2010 [n (%)] | 2011 [n (%)] | 2013 [n (%)] | 2014 [n (%)] | ||
| Antistigmatising elements | |||||||
| Mental health promotion | 59 (7) | 41 (5) | 26 (4) | 125 (18) | 80 (5) | 108 (8) | 439 (13.1) |
| Stigma | 11 (1) | 16 (2) | 7 (1) | 16 (2) | 56 (4) | 34 (3) | 140 (4.2) |
| Injustice | 42 (5) | 55 (7) | 25 (4) | 30 (4) | 125 (8) | 88 (7) | 365 (10.9) |
| Stigmatising elements | |||||||
| Danger to others | 186 (21) | 138 (17) | 130 (21) | 95 (14) | 74 (5) | 109 (8) | 732 (21.8) |
| Pejorative language | 49 (6) | 61 (8) | 26 (4) | 31 (4) | 106 (7) | 50 (4) | 323 (9.6) |
| Overall coding | |||||||
| Stigmatising | 406 (46) | 342 (43) | 316 (50) | 316 (45) | 359 (38) | 411 (44) | 2150 (44) |
| Antistigmatising | 273 (31) | 284 (36) | 212 (34) | 288 (41) | 373 (40) | 331 (35) | 1761 (36) |
| Mixed | 58 (7) | 48 (6) | 30 (5) | 37 (5) | 58 (6) | 67 (7) | 298 (6) |
| Neutral | 145 (16) | 120 (15) | 69 (11) | 57 (8) | 143 (15) | 132 (14) | 666 (14) |
a
Percentages calculated from the total number of articles containing the element over the total number of articles for each year.