Evaluation of Knowledge and Attitude toward Mental Illness among Rural Adults: A Correlation Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 60
Author(s):  
Kamlesh Dixit ◽  
Pooja Chand
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Correlation Study ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Rural Adults

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude towards mental illness among health and non-health university students in Riyadh

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 3497
Author(s):  
Samira M. Mahboub ◽  
Rahaf A. Aleyadhi ◽  
Reema I. Aldrees ◽  
Shahad S. Almuhanna
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
University Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Good Knowledge ◽  
Positive Health ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: Mental illness can affect anyone regardless of age, gender, and residence. Studying the attitude and knowledge about mental illnesses among university students is important, because they are the future decision makers dealing with such problems. The aim of this study was to assess level of knowledge and attitude towards mental illnesses among health and non-health university students in Riyadh.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional study on students of the governmental universities in Riyadh with both health and non-health speciality. The total sample size was 587 students. The questionnaire was designed electronically, and the link was distributed through social media. It included socio-demographic questions, 17 questions to assess knowledge and 22 questions to assess the attitudes. The statistical tests used were chi square, independent sample t-test, spearman’s correlation and multiple linear regression tests.Results: More than half of the participants had a positive attitude toward mental illness (52%). Only 13.46% of university students had good knowledge about mental illness. Significant higher level of good knowledge and positive attitude were reported among health college students compared to non-health (24.7% versus 7.9% for good knowledge and 60.8% versus 48.3 for positive attitude respectively). Attitude towards mental illness can be successfully predicted by using the knowledge score about mental illness and the type of college.Conclusion: Low percentage of university students had good knowledge about mental illness and their attitude towards mental illness was generally positive. Health college students had better attitude and knowledge about mental illness than non-health.

scholarly journals Scaling the Mental Health Literacy Amongst Undergraduate Students: A Road Towards Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
Sonali Sharma ◽  
Upma Gautam ◽  
Deeksha Bajpai Tewari
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Health Literacy ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Mental Health Literacy ◽  
Development Education ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Thesis Statement ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Thesis Statement: In spite of being globally prevalent, mental illness faces apathy from the community as well as policymakers and is a point of grave social concern. Health—including mental health—and education are an imperative precondition of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Education plays a crucial role in inculcating a positive attitude towards mental illness hence high mental health literacy would benefit the society at large. The present research aims to decipher the knowledge and attitude of undergraduate college students towards mental illness. Method: Students of medicine, law and engineering from different colleges in Delhi, India were cross-sectionally surveyed to fathom their attitudinal differences towards mental illness using the CAMI Scale. Results: An affirmative response was observed on Benevolence as well as Community Mental Health Ideology Sub-Scales and a dissenting opinion was identified on the Authoritarian and Social Restrictive Sub-Scales, howbeit significant differences were discerned on the basis of faculty of education. Conclusions and Implications: Results suggested that to accomplish the aspirations of the SDGs there is an ardent need to improve mental health literacy of students. The course curriculum of students needs to be revisited to integrate informative sessions on mental illness.  Keywords: Sustainable Development, Education, Mental Health Literacy, CAMI Scale, Undergraduate Students

scholarly journals Knowledge and Attitude among Nyamagana Community Members towards Mental illness, Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samson Peter Mvandal ◽  
Kudra Mponzi ◽  
Rosemary Mushi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Care And Support ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Knowledge and attitude towards mental illness play major role in the recognition, management, sociocultural factors and health seeking behavior among those with mental disorders. The study aim was to determine the knowledge and attitude among Nyamagana community members towards mental illness, Tanzania; A descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study involving 384 participants from sample population aged 18 years and above who were mentally health and semi-structured questionnaires was used to collect data. The results 110 (28.8%) respondents have good knowledge toward mental illness, about 292(76%) have negative attitude towards mentally ill people, 92(24%) respondents have positive attitude toward people who are mentally ill. More over about 318 (82.9%) respondents agreed that care and support of family and friends, could help people with mental illness to get rehabilitation while 66(17.1%) respondents disagreed on the care and support of the family and friends could help mentally ill people to get rehabilitation; The findings show most have poor knowledge and negative attitudes towards people with mental illness and may impair their social reintegration in the community. There’s need to develop strategies to enlighten the public regarding nature of mental illness so as to foster acceptance of people with mental illness by the community members.

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