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Attitude of the university students and teachers towards mentally ill, in Lahore, Pakistan

Attitude of the university students and teachers towards mentally ill, in Lahore, Pakistan
Attitude of the university students and teachers towards mentally ill, in Lahore, Pakistan
Background: Although, much is known about the attitudes and beliefs people hold towards mental illness in the west, no such work has been done in the developing countries. It is difficult to measure the attitudes of the general public in developing countries due to differences in terminology and concepts of the illness. However, majority of educated people in the developing countries can recognise common psychiatric disorders by their western names. We therefore, decided to measure attitudes of university students and teachers in Lahore, Pakistan. This study was carried out to assess the attitude of university students and teachers in Lahore, Pakistan.
Methods: A survey form was circulated among the university students and the teachers in Lahore, Pakistan. Of the 300 survey forms 194 were returned.
Results: Majority of the respondents held negative attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, depression and drug and alcohol disorders.
Conclusions: The views held by the university teachers and students reveal negative attitudes towards mentally ill. Attitudes of those who knew someone with mental illness were similar to those who did not.
pakistan
1025-9589
55-58
Javed, Zahid
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Naeem, Farooq
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Kingdon, David
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Irfan, Muhammad
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Izhar, Nasir
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Ayub, Muhammad
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Javed, Zahid
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Irfan, Muhammad
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Javed, Zahid, Naeem, Farooq, Kingdon, David, Irfan, Muhammad, Izhar, Nasir and Ayub, Muhammad (2006) Attitude of the university students and teachers towards mentally ill, in Lahore, Pakistan. Journal of Ayub Medical College, Abbottabad: JAMC, 18 (3), 55-58.

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Background: Although, much is known about the attitudes and beliefs people hold towards mental illness in the west, no such work has been done in the developing countries. It is difficult to measure the attitudes of the general public in developing countries due to differences in terminology and concepts of the illness. However, majority of educated people in the developing countries can recognise common psychiatric disorders by their western names. We therefore, decided to measure attitudes of university students and teachers in Lahore, Pakistan. This study was carried out to assess the attitude of university students and teachers in Lahore, Pakistan.
Methods: A survey form was circulated among the university students and the teachers in Lahore, Pakistan. Of the 300 survey forms 194 were returned.
Results: Majority of the respondents held negative attitudes towards people with schizophrenia, depression and drug and alcohol disorders.
Conclusions: The views held by the university teachers and students reveal negative attitudes towards mentally ill. Attitudes of those who knew someone with mental illness were similar to those who did not.

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Published date: March 2006
Keywords: pakistan

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Local EPrints ID: 62428
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/62428
ISSN: 1025-9589
PURE UUID: 1a43f0c1-f1b4-4988-85cf-9244a3fd438e

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Date deposited: 12 Sep 2008
Last modified: 22 Jul 2022 21:16

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Author: Zahid Javed
Author: Farooq Naeem
Author: David Kingdon
Author: Muhammad Irfan
Author: Nasir Izhar
Author: Muhammad Ayub

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