RT Article
T1 Embracing mental illness: do education and contact make any difference in help-seeking intention among Pakistani students?
JF Mental health, religion & culture
VO 20
IS 7
SP 679
OP 695
A1 Zaidi, Aelia
A2 Ali, Amena Zehra
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1839000465
AB Those suffering from mental illness usually fall victim to stigmatization and the resulting discrimination. This study aims at finding out whether students differ in their attitudes based on the courses studied and previous contact with mentally ill. Using purposive sampling technique, 236 students from seven departments of University of Karachi were selected for this study. They were divided into three groups based on their educational background i.e. "psychology group", "allied group" and "other group". Community Attitude towards Mental Illness (CAMI) Scale along with a demographics sheet were administered to the participants. Using SPSS version 23, one-way ANOVA was carried out between educational groups and responses of CAMI sub-scales. Results indicated that in comparison to the other two groups, attitudes of psychology students were lower on authoritarianism, social restrictiveness subscales and higher on community mental health ideology subscale. Results are discussed in detail.
K1 Mental Illness
K1 Discrimination
K1 mental health professionals
K1 Prejudice
K1 Stigma
DO 10.1080/13674676.2017.1390736