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KMID : 0897520020070020103
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2002 Volume.7 No. 2 p.103 ~ p.115
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A Study of Attitudes toward the Mentally III in an Urban Area in Korea : A Comparison between Community Residents and Public Officers
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Jang Hong-Suk
Kim Sun-Uk
Chang Sung-Man
Sung Young-Hoon
Suh Dong-Woo
Cho Maeng-Je
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Abstract
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Objectives：To investigate the attitudes toward the mentally ill in a community and among public officers and to evaluate two-year outcomes of mental health care services provided by the Community Mental Health Center in a Korean city in the aspect of community residents’ understanding the mentally ill/mental illness.
Methods：During two week period of June of 2000, a total 574 persons(474 randomly selected community residents, 100 randomly public officers) who reside in one Korean community, Puchon city, were interviewed with Community Attitudes to the Mentally Ill(CAMI).
Results：The randomly selected residents of this city showed generally sympathetic and positive attitudes in all CAMI subscales. But, females, the aged, the lower educated, the married, home-owners or persons who had no experience for psychiatric treatment had more negative attitudes to the mentally ill. Males, the young, the higher educated, the unmarried, persons whose monthly income are below one million won, persons who had experience for psychiatric treatment to family or persons who knew the existence of the community mental health center showed more positive attitudes to the mentally ill. Females, the aged above their 30th, the married or home-owners are opposed to the establishment of mental health facilities in their community. Public officers showed relatively negative attitudes in social restrictiveness subscale in comparison to community residents.
Conclusion：More they know about mental health, more positive attitudes to the mentally ill they have. So community education about mental health is the key to the success of mental health service and needs to be delivered to females, the people of their mid to old ages, the married, the undereducated, persons who lack in experience of contacting the mentally ill and home-owners. Negative reaction to mental health facilities are strongly associated with negative attitudes to the mentally ill. Furthermore, public officers also should be the specific target of mental health education because of their influence on the community and mental health administration.
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KEYWORD
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Community mental health, Public officers, Community survey, CAMI
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