scholarly journals To assess mental health literacy among MBBS students about Psychiatric issues at Patna Medical College

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 143-148
Author(s):  
Vivek Pratap Singh ◽  
Kumar Satyadarshee ◽  
Narendra Pratap Singh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Study Results

Background: Mental health is a big problem throughout the world, and India is not far behind. When we look at progress in the field of mental health, it appears to be sluggish. Despite the fact that a newly created mental health literacy (MHL) scale revealed substantial score disparities between the general public and mental health professionals, there is currently no published scale to measure MHL among healthcare students. Aims and Objectives: The major part was comparing the knowledge, attitude and perception of 1st year medical students with final year medical students regarding psychiatric disorders and measuring there response on Likert scale. Materials and Methods: The participants were recruited from 1st year to final year undergraduate students, during the period April 2019 to January 2020 in Patna Medical College and Hospital, Patna. The sample consisted of 100 students (50 from 1st year MBBS Students and 50 from final year MBBS (Students) Non-random, non-stratified, and purposive sampling was done for the purpose of the study. Results: Among the groups, majority of the of the final year students (64%) agreed that the best described condition of the patient was Generalized Anxiety Disorder, but only 26% of the 1st years students agreed that the best described condition of the patient was Generalized Anxiety Disorder. There was significant difference between 1st years and final year students about the knowledge of the described condition with P<0.001. Conclusion: Result showed that the final year students had more knowledge about the cases with regard to correct diagnosis, usefulness of various treatments and interventions and best the source of help. The 1st and final yearstudent had no differences in the attitude and perception regarding various cases given in the vignettes. Stigma based attitude was almost equally common among both 1st year and final year students.

scholarly journals Mental health literacy for anxiety disorders: how perceptions of symptom severity might relate to recognition of psychological distress

2015 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 94-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel J. Paulus ◽  
Lauren Page Wadsworth ◽  
Sarah A. Hayes-Skelton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Major Depression ◽  
Social Anxiety ◽  
Symptom Severity ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Psychological Disorders ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – Improving mental health literacy is an important consideration when promoting expedient and effective treatment seeking for psychological disorders. Low recognition serves as a barrier to treatment and the purpose of this paper is to examine recognition by lay individuals of severity for three psychological disorders: social anxiety, generalized anxiety, and major depression using a dimensional approach. Design/methodology/approach – Vignettes of mild/subclinical, moderate, and severe cases of each disorder were rated for severity by a team of expert assessors and 270 participants (mean age=26.8; 76.7 percent women). Findings – Difference ratings were calculated comparing participants’ responses to scores from the assessors. A within-groups factorial ANOVA with LSD follow-up was performed to examine the effects of Diagnosis and Severity on difference ratings. Both main effects (Diagnosis, F(2, 536)=35.26, Mse=1.24; Severity, F(2, 536)=9.44, Mse=1.93) and the interaction were significant (F(4, 1,072)=13.70, Mse=1.13) all p’s < 0.001. Social anxiety cases were under-rated in the mild/subclinical and moderate cases, generalized anxiety cases were under-rated at all three severities, and major depression cases were over-rated at all three severities. Social implications – Judgments of severity may underlie the low recognition rates for social anxiety disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Future efforts should focus on improved recognition and education regarding anxiety disorders in the population, particularly before they become severe. Originality/value – This project demonstrates the importance of considering judgments of symptom severity on a continuum, and in a range of cases, rather than just the ability to correctly label symptoms, when determining whether or not people recognize psychological disorders.

Smartphone addiction and anxiety disorder among medical students in Sofia – a preliminary study

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Pravchanska ◽  
A Velkova ◽  
L Georgieva ◽  
E Georgieva ◽  
P Pesheva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Young People ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Foreign Students ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Professional Help ◽  
Second Year

Abstract Background Digital addictions and their influence on mental health are being intensively studied nowadays but scientific data about Bulgaria is still scarce. The study is focused on the prevalence of nomophobia among medical students, its relationship with anxiety and motivation for seeking professional help. Methods The cross-sectional study included 369 medical students, age 19-34 (mean 23) years. We analyzed the whole group and subgroups of Bulgarian/foreign students and second-/sixth-year students. Data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire including smartphone addiction scale (SAS) with a 4-point Lickert scale, a 7-item generalized anxiety disorder scale and socio-demographic questions. Results The prevalence of mild smartphone addiction was 55% and of moderate one 30%. The dependency score was higher in the groups with a moderate and severe level of anxiety (P &lt; 0.001). There was no difference in dependency score by age and gender but it was higher among foreign students compared to Bulgarian students and lower in the sixth-year group compared to the second- year one. The anxiety score was higher in females compared to males and among second-year students compared to the sixth-year (P &lt; 0.001). Only 40% of males and 50% of females reported motivation to look for professional help. Conclusions The prevalence of smartphone addiction is high among both Bulgarian and foreign medical students. Our results reveal co-morbidity of smartphone addiction and generalized anxiety disorder. The low motivation to consult a specialist points out underestimation of the problem. Implementation of educational programmes, individual and group therapy can help young people to curb smartphone use. Key messages Smartphone addiction is related to increased anxiety level and affects adversely mental health. The establishment of a healthy relationship between young people and technologies has to be considered as part of health promotion.

scholarly journals Public recognition of mental disorders and beliefs about treatment: changes in Australia over 16 years

2012 ◽  
Vol 200 (5) ◽  
pp. 419-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola J. Reavley ◽  
Anthony F. Jorm
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
National Survey ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Public Recognition ◽  
Similar Survey ◽  
Treatment Changes

BackgroundA 1995 Australian national survey of mental health literacy showed poor recognition of disorders and beliefs about treatment that differed from those of health professionals. A similar survey carried out in 2003/4 showed some improvements over 8 years.AimsTo investigate whether recognition of mental disorders and beliefs about treatment have changed over a 16-year period.MethodA national survey of 6019 adults was carried out in 2011 using the same questions as the 1995 and 2003/4 surveys.ResultsResults showed improved recognition of depression and more positive ratings for a range of interventions, including help from mental health professionals and antidepressants.ConclusionsAlthough beliefs about effective medications and interventions have moved closer to those of health professionals since the previous surveys, there is still potential for mental health literacy gains in the areas of recognition and treatment beliefs for mental disorders. This is particularly the case for schizophrenia.

scholarly journals Development and validation of the Espaijove.net mental health literacy (EMHL) test for Spanish adolescents

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pere Castellvi ◽  
Rocio Casanas ◽  
Victoria-Mailen Arfuch ◽  
Juan-José Gil Moreno ◽  
María Torres Torres ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Cronbach’S Alpha ◽  
Cronbach's Alpha ◽  
Mental Health Knowledge ◽  
Different Levels

Abstract Background There is evidence of the effectiveness of implementing Mental Health Literacy (MHL) programs in improving mental health knowledge and reducing the stigma. However, there are substantial limitations in the instruments of measurement of mental health literacy. This study aimed to develop and validate the EspaiJove.net MHL test (EMHL) for Spanish adolescents assessing its psychometric properties.Methods The development of the EMHL as a maximum performance test was conducted using item pool generation and pilot study. Content generation was assessed according item relevance by mental health professionals’ and comprehensive and non-offensiveness by adolescents’ focus groups. A convenience sample of high school students aged 13-15y (n=355) participated in the validity study. Reliability was assessed with internal consistency and test-retest. Convergent validity was evaluated comparing effect size among known groups with different levels of mental health knowledge, correlation with mental health-related instruments, and item discrimination index.Results A final version of 35-item EMHL test was obtained with two parts: (i) 1st part consist of binary choice format (yes/no) for the identification of mental disorders; (ii) The part 2 has multiple choice questions with four possible answer options based on the thematic contents of the EspaiJove.net program. Internal consistency was acceptable in the 1st part (Cronbach’s alpha=0.744; Guttman’s lambda 2=0.773) and almost acceptable in the 2nd part (Cronbach’s alpha=0.615; Guttman’s lambda 2=0.643). The test-retest evaluation supported the stability of the test (1st part, ICC= 0.578; 2nd part, ICC= 0.422), no ceiling and floor effects were found. The EMHL test scores discriminated known groups with different levels of mental health knowledge, it is associated with a reduction of related-stigma, emotional symptoms, conduct problems and bullying behaviours and anxiety/depression and self-care quality of life (p<0.05), and it shows a strong discrimination index in almost all items (D≥0.40).Conclusions The EMHL test is a relevant measure for mental health prevention and promotion adapted to Spanish context taking into account the opinion of adolescents, using a non-offensive and adolescent-adapted vocabulary with acceptable validity and stability for assessing MHL levels in adolescents.

scholarly journals Prevalence and correlates of generalized anxiety disorder in Singapore: Results from the second Singapore Mental Health Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 102106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sherilyn Chang ◽  
Edimansyah Abdin ◽  
Saleha Shafie ◽  
Rajeswari Sambasivam ◽  
Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Health Study ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Mental Health Study

An examination of generalized anxiety disorder and dysthymic disorder by latent class analysis

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (8) ◽  
pp. 1701-1712 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Rhebergen ◽  
I. M. van der Steenstraten ◽  
M. Sunderland ◽  
R. de Graaf ◽  
M. ten Have ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Latent Class Analysis ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Dysthymic Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Class Analysis

BackgroundThe nosological status of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) versus dysthymic disorder (DD) has been questioned. The aim of this study was to examine qualitative differences within (co-morbid) GAD and DD symptomatology.MethodLatent class analysis was applied to anxious and depressive symptomatology of respondents from three population-based studies (2007 Australian National Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing; National Comorbidity Survey Replication; and Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2; together known as the Triple study) and respondents from a multi-site naturalistic cohort [Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety (NESDA)]. Sociodemographics and clinical characteristics of each class were examined.ResultsA three-class (Triple study) and two-class (NESDA) model best fitted the data, reflecting mainly different levels of severity of symptoms. In the Triple study, no division into a predominantly GAD or DD co-morbidity subtype emerged. Likewise, in spite of the presence of pure GAD and DD cases in the NESDA sample, latent class analysis did not identify specific anxiety or depressive profiles in the NESDA study. Next, sociodemographics and clinical characteristics of each class were examined. Classes only differed in levels of severity.ConclusionsThe absence of qualitative differences in anxious or depressive symptomatology in empirically derived classes questions the differentiation between GAD and DD.

scholarly journals Mental Health Literacy of Pharmacy Students Compared to Nursing and Medical Students

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Radhika Devraj ◽  
Gireesh V Gupchup ◽  
David Henson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Original Research ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Program Type ◽  
Article Type ◽  
Nurses And Physicians

Objectives:  To determine and compare the mental health literacy of pharmacy, nursing, and medical students.  Methods: Pharmacy, nursing, and medical students in the final year of their didactic program were administered a widely used mental health literacy questionnaire either via paper (nursing) or via email (pharmacy and medicine). For email questionnaires, weekly reminder emails with links for survey completion were sent over a three-week period.  The questionnaire consisted of a vignette describing either depression or schizophrenia followed by items about helpfulness of a variety of interventions, medications, and activities.  Depression and schizophrenia versions of the questionnaire were randomly administered to respondents in the three programs such that respondents received either male (John) or female (Jane) versions of the vignettes.  Results:  A total of 161 out of 253 potential students responded to the survey (63.6% response rate).   Majority of the respondents were female (75%), white (84.6%), had currently or in the past year interacted with people diagnosed with mental disorders (90%), and had multiple opportunities for exposure to mental health content in their coursework (49%). While a majority of respondents in all three programs correctly identified the vignettes as either depression (87%) or schizophrenia (73%), depression was identified correctly by a greater percent of those in pharmacy (88.5%) and nursing (88.4%), and schizophrenia was identified by a greater percent in medicine (82%).  However, there were no significant differences by program type for correct identification of vignette.  Helpfulness of various interventions, medications, and activities did not differ significantly for the depression vignette.  Two significant differences by program type were noted for the schizophrenia vignette.  A larger percent (72%) of nursing students perceived antidepressants as helpful for schizophrenia as compared to pharmacy (55%) and medical (18%) students.  Students from all three programs responded similarly to the question on likely prognosis for those with depression/schizophrenia, both with and without professional help (p>0.01).  Conclusions:  Majority of students in each discipline were able to correctly identify patients with depression or schizophrenia and have similar levels of mental health literacy.  The profile of responses suggest that pharmacy and nursing students were more clear about helpfulness of interventions for depression, than for schizophrenia.  Given the extent of the problem of mental health, additional and continuously reinforced training on mental health throughout the four-year curriculum is necessary for first line providers such as pharmacists, nurses, and physicians.    Article Type: Original Research

scholarly journals GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER IN THE CLINICAL AND SOCIAL CONTEXT IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH

Nucleus ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-248
Author(s):  
Laura Cardoso Brentini ◽  
Brenda Cardoso Brentini ◽  
Eduardo César Silva Araújo ◽  
Ana Carla Silvares Pompêo De Camargo Aros ◽  
Marcelo Salomao Aros
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Generalized Anxiety Disorder ◽  
Generalized Anxiety
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