Perception and Attitude toward Mental Illness
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2010-10-14
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย
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Objective To study perception and attitude of people toward; psychiatric patientsand their families, patientûs and familyûs works, and, psychiatric care and treatment.Materials and methods Samples were multistage random sampling in Bangkokduring Dec 2004-Feb 2005. Subjects were divided into 3 groups, i.e. a patient group composedof schizophrenic, major depression and bipolar disorders cases, a patientûs family group anda general people group. They were completed the questionnaires consisted of 3 parts. Thefirst part was the perception and attitude of all groups toward patients and their families.The second part was those towards patientsû and familiesû works. The third part was thosetowards psychiatric care and treatment. Descriptive statistics was analyzed.Results The family group had the highest score in the part of perception and attitudetoward patients and their families, the patient group had that score towards psychiatric careand treatment whereas the general people group had the lowest score in every part. The mostacceptable issue among 3 groups was that people with mental illness should live with theirfamily rather than living alone. The most acceptable issue about the perception and attitudeof people toward the patientûs and their familyûs works was that people with mental illnessshould avoid professional career. For psychiatric care and treatment, physicians must be responsiblefor the patients and their family on drug information.Conclusion All groups had agreed that patients should stay with their family andphysicians should inform patients and family on drugs information. All 3 groups had disagreedthat patients were looked down from their family members.Key words : attitude, mental illness, perception
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Journal of Mental Health of Thailand - วารสารสุขภาพจิต แห่งประเทศไทย; Volume 18 Number 3 September 2010; 162-176