attitude toward mental illness in two rural districts

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...

بررسی نگرش اهالی چند روستای شمال شهر تهران در زمینه بیماری روانی

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...

Impact of psychiatry training on attitude of medical students toward mental illness and psychiatry

CONTEXT Attitude of fresh graduates toward psychiatric patients is important to bridge the treatment gap due to mental illness. Psychiatry as a subject has been neglected in the undergraduates of MBBS. AIMS (1) To compare the attitude of medical students and interns in a medical college toward mental illness and psychiatry. (2) To assess the impact of psychiatric training on attitude toward t...

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 of Nurses towards Mental Illness in Bhutan

This paper explores the general nurses’ attitudes towards mental illness in Bhutan. A non-probability convenience sample with quantitative descriptive method was used. The sample represents the known population of nurses from National Referral Hospital (JDWNR Hospital), Thimphu. Responses were analyzed using descriptive statistics including means; standard deviations, and frequency. Cronbach’s ...

Public attitudes toward persons with mental illness.