• ‘Someone should have looked after us’: the boundary work of mental health disclosure on TV 

      Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti; Blehr Lånkan, Kjersti (Media, Culture and Society;Volume 44, Issue 5, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-11)
      This article investigates the boundary work of young people who disclose personal experiences of mental health illness and trauma in a reality TV series. The programme in focus features group therapy sessions led by a ...
    • TV Inside the Psychiatric Hospital: Patient Experiences 

      Lånkan, Kjersti; Thorbjørnsrud, Kjersti (International Journal of Communication;Vol 16 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      This study investigates patients’ experiences with participating in a television (TV) documentary series filmed within psychiatric hospital wards. The study relies on interviews with patients, health staff, and TV producers, ...