Public perceptions toward mental illness in Japan

Public attitudes toward persons with mental illness.

Public attitudes toward mental illness in Africa and North America.

OBJECTIVE Public attitudes toward mental illness in two widely disparate cultures, Canada and Cameroon, were compared using an experimental version of a survey instrument, the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Mental Illness or POSHA-MI(e). METHOD 120 respondents rated POSHA-MI(e) items relating to mental illness on 1-9 equal appearing interval scales: 30 in English and 30 in French i...

Missourians’ Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

 Respondents were most likely to correctly identify major depressive disorder (MDD), depression that occurs in the elderly, and post-traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD). They were least likely to be able to correctly identify bipolar disorder, followed by schizophrenia Females, more educated respondents, suburban respondents, and those with more personal experience with mental illness were most s...

Mental health workers ’ attitudes toward mental illness in Fiji

Results The participants expressed both positive and negative attitudes toward individuals in mental health care. Positive attitudes can be identified in a range of answers to questions including psychosocial causational beliefs and when comparisons were made with physical health issues. Negative attitudes were expressed with respect to alcohol abuse and lack of self control, individuals with m...

attitude toward mental illness in two rural districts

the attitude of 13% of two rural districts population in the north of tehran towards mental illness was examined through a questionnaire devised for this study findings indicate that the variables of education and socio – economic class were inversely correlated with an attitude of pessimism toward mental patients. furthermore, the variable of age was positively correlated with pessimism. on th...