Bhavesh Lakdawala|Ganpat Vankar
A study on community attitudes towards the mentally ill among youth in Gujarat
Gandhi Medical College & Hospital|Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences
background mental illness major contributor global disease burden expected increase yearsin community mental illness well understood lay persons resulting stigmatizing attitudes towards persons mental illness mentally illhigh mental health literacy includes adequate knowledge positive attitudes college students towards psychiatric illnesses would benefit society largeaims aim study assess knowledge attitude college students medical arts faculties towards mentally ill sociodemographic correlates using cami subscalesmethodology medical college arts colleges surveyed cross sectionally regarding students attitude towards psychiatric illness using community attitude towards mentally ill cami scaletotally 1231 students responses analyzed using appropriate statistical methods spss version 150results cami scale students positive attitudes benevolence subscale community mental health ideology subscalethere mixed response social restrictiveness subscale negative attitude found authoritarianism subscale majority itemssignificant differences observed attitude towards mentally ill gender faculty education family type domicileconclusions results suggest widespread educational campaigns need implemented across college students increase knowledge mental illness reduce stigma towards mental illness mentally ill persons educational interventions training benefit community large