Kumar Dilip, Kumar Pradeep, Singh Amool Ranjan, Bhandari Samrat Singh
Psychiatric Social Worker, District Mental Health Programme, Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India.
Psychiatric Social Worker, State Institute of Mental Health, Pt. Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana, India.
Dysphrenia. 2012 Jan-Jun;3(1):57-64. Epub 2011 Dec 25.
Adverse attitudes to mental illness are found in all societies in the world. The belief that mental illness is incurable or self-inflicted can also be damaging, leading to patients not being referred for appropriate mental health care. Aims of the present study were (1) to assess the attitude towards mental illness of key informant of patients and general population and (2) to compare the two groups in respect to attitude towards mental illness.
Sample based on purposive sampling technique consisting of 200 subjects (100 key informants and 100 from general population) within age range of 25-55 years had been taken. Sample of key informants was taken from Ranchi Institute of Neuro-Psychiatry & Allied Sciences (RINPAS) outpatients' department whereas the sample of general population was taken from Kanke area or within the radius of 5 K.M. from RINPAS, Kanke. Tools used were sociodemographic datasheet and self-developed checklist for assessing the attitude.
(1) Significant difference was found in the area of nature, cause, after effect and community mental health ideology between both groups. (2) There was no significant difference in the area of treatment and stigma.
The findings of the present study suggested that there was growing awareness about mental illness even in general population and the people were being more receptive of the mentally ill people.
世界上所有社会都存在对精神疾病的负面态度。认为精神疾病无法治愈或由患者自身造成的观念也可能具有危害性，导致患者无法获得适当的心理健康护理。本研究的目的是：（1）评估患者关键信息提供者和普通人群对精神疾病的态度；（2）比较两组在精神疾病态度方面的差异。
采用目的抽样技术，选取了年龄在25至55岁之间的200名受试者（100名关键信息提供者和100名普通人群）。关键信息提供者样本来自兰契神经精神病学及相关科学研究所（RINPAS）门诊部，而普通人群样本来自坎克地区或距离RINPAS坎克校区半径5公里范围内。使用的工具包括社会人口数据表和自行编制的态度评估清单。
（1）两组在精神疾病的性质、成因、后果及社区心理健康观念方面存在显著差异。（2）在治疗和污名化方面没有显著差异。
本研究结果表明，即使在普通人群中，对精神疾病的认识也在不断提高，人们对精神病患者的接受度也在增加。
