Mostafa A. Abolfotouh|Adel F. Almutairi|Zainab Almutairi|Mahmoud Salam|Anwar Mohammed Alhashem|Abdallah Adlan|Omar Modayfer
Attitudes toward mental illness, mentally ill persons, and help-seeking among the Saudi public and sociodemographic correlates
King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center|King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center|King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center|King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center|King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center|King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences|King Abdullah International Medical Research Center|National Guard Health Affairs|King Abdulaziz Medical City
reported majority individuals mental illnesses mis seek help studies focused correlates positive attitude toward professional helpseeking mi study aimed determine levels knowledge perception attitudes toward mi determine attitudes toward mental health helpseeking identify sociodemographic predictors correct knowledge favorable attitudes among saudi publica crosssectional survey conducted 650 saudi adults aged 18 years attended saudi jenadriyah annual cultural heritage festival february 2016 previously validated attitudes mental illness questionnaire used attitude professional helpseeking also assessed using tool retrieved world mental health composite international diagnostic interview part ii multiple regression analyses applied statistical significance considered p005the majority saudi public reported lack knowledge nature mi 875 percentage mean score pms 45021998 negative perception 59 pms 5976916 negative attitudes mi 665 pms 6586777 negative attitudes professional helpseeking 545 pms 6245854 marital status predictor knowledge t312 p0002 attitudes mi t293 p0003 attitudes helpseeking t220 p003 attitudes helpseeking also predicted sex t272 p0007 employment t305 p0002 monthly income t279 p0005 perceptions toward mentally ill predicted socioeconomic characteristics p005the saudi public reported lack knowledge mi stigmatizing attitudes toward people mi relation treatment work marriage recovery toward professional helpseeking sociodemographic characteristics predicted correct knowledge favorable attitudes saudi culture likely factor behind negative judgments mentally ill persons efforts challenge negative publicity stigma antistigma campaigns public education schools media recommended