Attitudes toward mental illness in one psychiatric hospital personnel
Date Issued
2005
Date
2005
Author(s)
Chang, Yen-Ching
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to explore the attitudes toward people with mental illness in the psychiatric hospital personnel and the factors influencing their attitudes. Limited to time, manpower and fund, the subjects only came from total personnel of one psychiatric hospital in East Taiwan (Hualien). We used a self-report questionnaire to collect information. The content of the questionnaire included social distance, acceptance, rehabilitation & prognosis, and intervention. All items were rated as likert type on a five-point scale ranging from 1 (definite disagreeable) to 5 (definite agreeable).
The major findings were: (1) The mean scores of the four dimensions were higher than 3. It meant the attitudes toward people with mental illness in the psychiatric hospital personnel tended to be positive. The scores from low to high of the four dimensions were social distance, acceptance, intervention, and rehabilitation & prognosis. (2) The education level of the personnel could influence their attitudes about people with mental illness. (3) The attitudes of psychiatric professionals were more positive than others. (4) The more people with different types of mental illness the personnel had contacted, the more positive attitudes they had. (5) The attitudes of the personnel who had attended related courses were more positive. (6) The more self-stigmatized they were, the more negative attitudes toward people with mental illness they had. (7) Self-stigmatized and the people with different types of mental illness the personnel had contacted were two important predictive variables for the attitudes toward people with mental illness.
The results of the study could be provided for the government to plan appropriate trainings for the psychiatric hospital personnel. In addition, the hospital should give opportunities of job rotations as well as consultation regarding to mental illness. In these ways, the attitudes of the personnel toward people with mental illness could be improved.
Subjects
態度
精神病患
attitude
mental illness
psychiatric hospital personnel
SDGs
Type
thesis
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