title: Attitudes towards schizophrenia on YouTube: A content analysis of Finnish and Greek videos.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate attitudes towards schizophrenia and people with schizophrenia presented in YouTube videos.
  
  
  METHODS
  We searched YouTube using the search terms "schizophrenia" and "psychosis" in Finnish and Greek language on April 3rd, 2013. The first 20 videos from each search (N = 80) were retrieved. Deductive content analysis was first applied for coding and data interpretation and it was followed by descriptive statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 52 videos were analyzed (65%). The majority of the videos were in the "Music" category (50%, n = 26). Most of the videos (83%, n = 43) tended to present schizophrenia in a negative way, while less than a fifth (17%, n = 9) presented schizophrenia in a positive or neutral way. Specifically, the most common negative attitude towards schizophrenia was dangerousness (29%, n = 15), while the most often identified positive attitude was objective, medically appropriate beliefs (21%, n = 11). All attitudes identified were similarly present in the Finnish and Greek videos, without any statistically significant difference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Negative presentations of schizophrenia are most likely to be accessed when searching YouTube for schizophrenia in Finnish and Greek language. More research is needed to investigate to what extent, if any, YouTube viewers' attitudes are affected by the videos they watch.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nursing Science , University of Turku , Turku , Finland .
authors.forename: Christina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Athanasopoulou
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nursing Science , University of Turku , Turku , Finland .
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suni
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nursing Science , University of Turku , Turku , Finland .
authors.forename: Heli
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hätönen
authors.affiliation: b Department of Health Services Organization and Management , National School of Public Health , Athens , Greece .
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Apostolakis
authors.affiliation: c Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Crete , Heraklion , Greece .
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lionis
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nursing Science , University of Turku , Turku , Finland .|d Turku University Hospital , Turku , Finland.
authors.forename: Maritta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Välimäki
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D061108:Social Media / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D057545:Social Stigma; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Online videos; YouTube; content analysis; mental disorders; social media