Changing attitude to mental illness among community mental health volunteers in south-western Nigeria

Abayomi, Olukayode; Adelufosi, AO; Olajide, Abayomi Oluseye

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“…Literature on the relation of caregiver’s gender with attitude towards people with mental illness is inconsistent. Studies from India and Nigeria reported that female sex was not a predictor of poor attitude towards PWMI [ 30 , 31 ], while findings of a study from England and Qatar claimed the other way round [ 32 , 33 ]. This can be attributed to the gender roles as gender is a complex construct determined by culturally set conventions, practices and behaviours [ 34 ] and differs between nations.…”

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Caregivers’ Attitude towards People with Mental Illness and Perceived Stigma: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal

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BackgroundMental illness is stigmatized in most of the communities and people with such illness are often subjected to defame. Stigma impairs an individual’s and their caregiver’s physical, social and emotional wellbeing, and health-seeking behavior. Sufficient literature on how often the caregivers of people with mental illness from low and middle-income countries are stigmatized and how they perceive people with mental illness is unavailable. In this study, we examined caregivers’ attitude towards people with mental illness and perceived stigma.MethodsWe conducted face-to-face interviews with 170 caregivers in an outpatient clinic of a hospital in Nepal using a structured questionnaire. We calculated median and inter-quartile range of the attitude and perceived stigma scores. To assess the correlates, Kruskal Wallis H test and Mann Whitney U test were carried out.ResultsOverall median score for the domains: attitude (score range: 18–90) and perceived stigma (score range: 12–60) were 42 and 28 respectively, inter-quartile range being 8 each. Attitude score differed significantly by the sex of caregiver (p<0.05), educational status of caregiver (p<0.001), sex of patient (p<0.05) and type of mental illness (p<0.05). Perceived stigma score varied significantly by caregiver’s sex (p<0.05), marital status (p<0.001), educational status (p<0.001), occupation (p<0.05), relation with the patient (p<0.005) and use of alternative treatment modalities (p<0.05).ConclusionSex of participant, educational status, sex of patient and type of mental illness were the correlates of attitude towards mental illness. Similarly, sex of participant, marital status, educational status, occupation, caregiver’s relation with patient and use of alternative treatment modalities were correlates of perceived stigma. Findings of this study suggest that interventions targeting these high-risk populations might be beneficial to help build a positive attitude and overcome the perceived social stigma.

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Caregivers’ Attitude towards People with Mental Illness and Perceived Stigma: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal

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“…When one has higher levels of education, they tend to use multiple resources to understand complicated information about mental illness (Kidane, 2014 21 knowledge on mental illness, which is associated with benevolent attitude towards mental illness (Aghanwa, 2004). For example, community volunteer workers who participated in educational programme raising awareness on mental illness significantly improved their attitudes towards mental illness (Abayomi, Adelufosi, & Olajide, 2013).…”

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“…This is because policy makers can be a contributing effect in combating stigma by investing in such measures (Arthur, Hickling, Robertson-Hickling, Haynes-Robinson, Abel, & Whitley, 2010). The effect of such campaign or intervention definitely improves one's' attitudes towards those who are mentally ill (Abayomi et al, 2013). However, knowledge can be a double-edged sword as information about mental illness promotes social distance.…”

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Interactional Effect Of Educational Level And Gender On Public Stigmatization

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Nainee²,

Viapude³

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The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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“…This being said, applicability in other contexts remains uncertain without replication in other regions. This is particularly relevant as befriending appears to be globally applied; a systematic review found schemes in Germany, the United Kingdom, and United States (Hallett et al, 2012) with other schemes researched in Nigeria (Abayomi, Adelufosi, & Olajide, 2013).…”

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Attitudes towards severe mental illness and social distance: A survey of volunteer befrienders in Austria

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Fabisch

Priebe

et al. 2018

Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Changing attitude to mental illness among community mental health volunteers in south-western Nigeria

Abstract: Attitudes of community volunteers towards persons with mental illness improve with educational programmes. This may lead to improved treatment and care of individuals who are mentally ill.

Cited by 14 publications

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Caregivers’ Attitude towards People with Mental Illness and Perceived Stigma: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal

Caregivers’ Attitude towards People with Mental Illness and Perceived Stigma: A Cross-Sectional Study in a Tertiary Hospital in Nepal

Interactional Effect Of Educational Level And Gender On Public Stigmatization

Attitudes towards severe mental illness and social distance: A survey of volunteer befrienders in Austria

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