Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceived Stigma Towards Mental Health: Basis For Community-Based Program

Angelica Jane  I. Evangelista,

Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceived Stigma Towards Mental Health: Basis For Community-Based Program

Discipline: psychology (non-specific)

Abstract:

On a global scale, mental health is a significant and urgent concern at present. In the Philippines, mental health illness is one of the most common forms of disability that has been reported. Despite the need to address mental health and mental illness in the community, the Philippines faces persistent obstacles such as inadequate funding, a shortage of mental health experts, and underdeveloped community-based mental health services. Thus, this research aims to measure the knowledge, attitude and perceived stigma of the residents of Lucban, Quezon. The data suggests that the respondents possess a high degree of knowledge. Additionally, the participants displayed a generally favorable attitude towards mental illness and an average level of perceived stigma. The results implicate the need to sustain further the positive trend of having a high mental health knowledge and positive attitude towards the mentally ill. On the other hand, there is a need to address the perceived stigma of the respondents further. Thus, the result of the study will be used as a basis for creating a specialized community-based program by also factoring in the demographic characteristics of the respondents.

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