Public Understanding of Mental Illness: Results from a Romanian Sample
Journal Title: Journal of Experiential Psychotherapy - Year 2013, Vol 16, Issue 4
Abstract
Introduction: Although nowadays people seem to have more knowledge about mental illness, various studies reveal a great level of ignorance and hostility towards mental patients, among the general public (Furnham, A., Chan, E., 2004). Objectives: The current study investigates public beliefs about mental illness among Romanian adults (their perspective on causes, manifestations, the role played by society and hospitals, patients’ rights). Methods: 134 participants (aged 18-75) completed a 56-items questionnaire, derived from the instrument used in Furnham’s study (1988). Reliability analyses were performed in order to determine the psychometric properties of the instrument and Pearson Correlation Test was used for hypothesis testing. Results: The results show that 1) people who know someone with a mental health problem will be more likely to give social explanations for mental disorders; 2) people who worked with patients diagnosed with a mental disease are not prone to use the medical model of explanation for the mental disease. Conclusions: Nowadays, there is a need to extend previous research and to investigate the public acceptance of mental disease in Romania, in order to create better informational programs.
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Denisa Neacşu
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