Ng S L, Martin J L, Romans S E
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin.
N Z Med J. 1995 Dec 8;108(1013):505-8.
To assess the general community's knowledge of mental illness and personal experience of people with mental illness.
Three hundred randomly selected Dunedin residents were surveyed by a postal questionnaire. The instruments used to measure attitudes were a shortened form of the Californian attitudes towards mental illness scale (CAMI scale) and a social distance scale. In addition, questions were asked about the respondent's age, gender, marital status, level of education, their main source of opinion, their experience with the mentally ill, and their beliefs about the causes and types of mental illness.
Having known a person with mental illness facilitates more intimate relationships with people with a mental illness. Sociodemographic variables did not predict attitudes on the CAMI scale. Most respondents who had been in contact with the mentally ill held informed and enlightened views.
The community needs and welcomes information on the subject of mental illness and has a positive outlook for the future planning of the rehabilitation of people with mental illness.
评估普通社区对精神疾病的了解以及精神疾病患者的个人经历。
通过邮寄问卷对300名随机抽取的达尼丁居民进行调查。用于测量态度的工具是加利福尼亚对精神疾病态度量表（CAMI量表）的简化版和社会距离量表。此外，还询问了受访者的年龄、性别、婚姻状况、教育程度、主要意见来源、与精神疾病患者的经历以及他们对精神疾病病因和类型的看法。
认识精神疾病患者有助于与精神疾病患者建立更亲密的关系。社会人口统计学变量无法预测在CAMI量表上的态度。大多数与精神疾病患者有过接触的受访者持有明智和开明的观点。
社区需要并欢迎有关精神疾病主题的信息，并且对精神疾病患者康复的未来规划持积极态度。
