Attitude of Individuals with and without Family History of Mental Illness

By : Aastha Madan, Prashant Srivastava, Savita Chahal

Page No: 385-392

Abstract
Community’s perception of mental health varies across the culture, and there are various myths and beliefs regarding mental health. Aims: The present study aimed to describe and compare the attitude of individuals with and without family history of mental illness. The sample were purposively comprised of 60 subjects who were further divided into 30 individuals with family history of mental illness and 30 individuals without family history of mental illness. They were further interviewed using the Community Attitude towards Mental Illness. Result suggests that authoritarianism was found more with family history of mental illness than other counterpart, which suggests that Individuals with family history of mental illness were more authoritarian than individuals without family history of mental illness.

Authors :
Aastha Madan : MA Applied Psychology Student – Dept. of Psychology, Amity University, Noida, UP.
Prashant Srivastava : Psychiatric Social Worker – Dept. of Psychiatry, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital, Karnal, Haryana.
Savita Chahal : Assistant Professor – Dept. of Psychiatry, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital, Karnal, Haryana.
 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32381/JPR.2019.14.02.16