Attitudes of the health personnel toward the mentally ill affect the development and utilization of the community mental health program and reintegration of the mentally ill into society. Therefore the authors carried out a survey of attitudes toward ...
Attitudes of the health personnel toward the mentally ill affect the development and utilization of the community mental health program and reintegration of the mentally ill into society. Therefore the authors carried out a survey of attitudes toward mentally ill in the health personnel by measuring Community Attitudes to the Mentally Ⅲ Inventory(CAMI). The purpose of this survey was to get basic data to develop plan and strategy of community mental health in Pohang city.
The results were as follows :
(1) The health personnel of Pohang community showed positive attitude of 'Benevolence' and 'Community mental health ideology' and negative attitude of "Authoritarianism' and 'Social restrictiveness'. Therefore community mental health project in Pohang city will be established and activated easily.
(2) The male group had more authoritative, less community mental health oriented attitude.
(3) the more aged group had more authoritative, social restrictive attitude.
(4) the unmarried group had less authoritative, social restrictive attitude.
(5) The lower educated group had more authoritative, social restrictive and less benevolent, community mental health oriented attitude.
(6) Monthly income 1-2 million Won group had more authoritative, social restrictive attitude, less community mental health oriented attitude.
(7) The respondents who have never met mentally ill had less community mental health oriented attitude.
(8) The respondents who themselves had used mental health services more benevolent, less authoritative, social restrictive attitude.
From the above results, authors propose that planning of mental health project be necessary containing information and education for negative group and making resource for positive attitude group.