Mahto R K, Verma P K, Verma A N, Singh A R, Chaudhury S, Shantna K
Department of Psychiatric Social Work, RINPAS, Kanke, Ranchi.
Ind Psychiatry J. 2009 Jul;18(2):92-6. doi: 10.4103/0972-6748.62267.
In developing countries like India, there are evidences that stigma associated with mental illness is increasing. As in parts of the developing world, with advancement of urbanization and rapid industrialization, people tend to react in a very peculiar and biased way when they confront a mentally ill person.
The present study aimed to find out students' opinion about mental illness. A total of 100 students (50 male and 50 female) from Ranchi University were purposively recruited for the study, and the 51-item Opinion about Mental Illness (OMI) Scale was administered.
Majority of the students were from Hindu families, of whom 42 (84%) were males and 38 (68%) were females. With regard to OMI scale, the item, viz., 'The law should allow a woman to divorce her husband as soon as he has been confined in mental hospital with a severe mental illness', both male (46%) and female (56%) students were neutral (significant at 0.014, P < 0.05).
Overall no significant level of difference emerged between male and female students with regard to opinion about mental illness.
在印度这样的发展中国家，有证据表明与精神疾病相关的污名正在增加。在发展中世界的部分地区，随着城市化进程的推进和快速工业化，人们在面对精神疾病患者时往往会以一种非常奇特和有偏见的方式做出反应。
本研究旨在了解学生对精神疾病的看法。从兰契大学特意招募了100名学生（50名男性和50名女性）参与该研究，并使用了关于精神疾病看法（OMI）的51项量表。
大多数学生来自印度教家庭，其中男性42人（84%），女性38人（68%）。关于OMI量表，对于“一旦丈夫因严重精神疾病被送进精神病院，法律应允许妻子与其离婚”这一项目，男性（46%）和女性（56%）学生的态度均为中立（在0.014水平显著，P < 0.05）。
总体而言，在对精神疾病的看法上，男女学生之间没有出现显著差异。
