Attitudes toward Psychology, Psychiatry and Mental Illness in the Central Eastern Cape of South Africa
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 11011978 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Christopher R Stones (Rhodes University, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1996 |
| Volumen | 26 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 221-225 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1996-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | South African Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0081-2463 • E-ISSN: 2078-208X |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/008124639602600403 |
| OpenAlex | W2319990649 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 3 |
| Referencias citadas | 28 |
A survey of attitudes held by a large sample of university students as well as by smaller samples of psychologists, general medical practitioners, members of the public, psychiatric hospital staff and patients in the central eastern Cape toward mental illness and mental health-care service providers was conducted during the early part of 1994. It was found that marked differences existed between the different samples and that the extent of a person's knowledge about mental illness, as well as the degree of contact with mental-health professionals and their services, were important influences on the attitudes of respondents. In particular, third-year psychology students tended to be more negatively disposed to psychiatric treatment than those students in their first year of study. Conversely, the attitudes of final-year students toward the discipline of psychology were more positive than those held by students in their first year of studying psychology. Within both the student and the patient samples, only a small minority indicated that they would first seek help from general medical practitioners if they were ever to contemplate taking their own lives or if they were seriously mentally ill. Psychiatric patients and service providers indicated their confidence in psychiatric treatment and the psychiatrist was considered to be the most appropriate professional to deal with mental illness. Members of the general public were found to be more optimistic than psychologists about the efficacy of psychological and psychiatric treatment, but less so than general medical practitioners. Although mental health-care professionals were viewed in a favourable light, most respondents indicated that they would nevertheless prefer to approach a friend in times of psychological distress
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| Obras citantes distintas | 3 |
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| Citas por año | 0,13 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2003 - 2007 (5) |
| Velocidad de citación | historical |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 3 |