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background negative public perceptions mental diseases even therapists among important obstacles patients therapeutic progress attitudes constructed cultural social structures continuous reproducing representing attitudes media strengthen negative attitudes toward mental patients hand critical representation social cultural clichs media reduce mental illness stigma psychiatrists interact media regarding concerns mental illness stigma achieve goal result must learn communicate media methods 5day workshop designed implemented participation 11 facilitators 16 psychiatry residents five universities iran focus group session held results according results quantitative data analysis trainees prefer online media traditional media implying prefer interactive media platforms workshop trainees believed media coverage psychiatry biased erroneous oversee entire process health content development journalists besides also interested communicating society workshop focus group interview showed participating psychiatry residents felt activity improved media literacy enhanced skills interacting media encouraged interact media future healthrelated issues conclusion residents psychiatry higher tendency communicating media field mental health general stated needed engage creation popular mental health content