1 Professor Chris McVittie Professor Andy McKinlay Professor Chris McVittie (Corresponding author), Department of Psychology, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh, EH21 6UU Email: cmcvittie@qmu.ac.uk Work tel: 0131 474 0000 Article title: ‘It all fits into place’: Psychiatrists’ linguistic strategies in challenging media representations of their profession Short title: Psychiatrists’ linguistic strategies Word count 7436 Character count 39926