Assessment of effectiveness of planned teaching about knowledge and attitude of students towards person suffering from mental illness; in selected school

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Shital P. Dhoke ◽  
Muniyandi Subramanyam
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

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.

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude of nurses regarding mental illness

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Gurung
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Negative Attitude ◽  
Quality Service ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

Although recent advances in psychiatry have increased our understanding towards psychiatric disorders, many people are unaware about mental illness and its treatment. The negative attitude is known hindrance of providing quality service to mental ill people. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge and attitude about mental illness among nurses. The study was carried out in chitwan medical college, Bharatpur, Nepal. One hundred nurses working in different departments were the study population. A structured questionnaire was provided to the nurses for their responses. It was a purposive, descrip­tive study with 100 respondents of more than 2 years clinical experience. Almost all (99%) respondents mentioned that not all mentally ill are mad. Majority mentioned biochemical disturbances (99%) and genetic (51%) as cause of mental illness respectively. Respondents expressed their faith in psychiatrist (86%) in faith healers. This study revealed that there was overall adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards mentally ill people among the nurses. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/jcmc.v4i2.10863 Journal of Chitwan Medical College 2014; 4(2): 40-43

Knowledge and attitude regarding mental illness among general public

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
PramodV Kademani ◽  
Sateesh Sindhe ◽  
Shireesh Shindhe ◽  
Nagarajaiah
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Public ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude
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