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Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study
The issue of mental health literacy has been widely studied in developed countries, with few studies conducted in Arab countries. In this study we aimed to investigate mental health literacy and attitudes towards psychiatric patients among students of Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A cro...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217273 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mi.2016.6806 |
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author | Mahfouz, Mohamed S. Aqeeli, Abdulwahab Makeen, Anwar M. Hakami, Ramzi M. Najmi, Hatim H. Mobarki, Abdullkarim T. Haroobi, Mohammad H. Almalki, Saeed M. Mahnashi, Mohammad A. Ageel, Osayd A. |
author_facet | Mahfouz, Mohamed S. Aqeeli, Abdulwahab Makeen, Anwar M. Hakami, Ramzi M. Najmi, Hatim H. Mobarki, Abdullkarim T. Haroobi, Mohammad H. Almalki, Saeed M. Mahnashi, Mohammad A. Ageel, Osayd A. |
author_sort | Mahfouz, Mohamed S. |
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description | The issue of mental health literacy has been widely studied in developed countries, with few studies conducted in Arab countries. In this study we aimed to investigate mental health literacy and attitudes towards psychiatric patients among students of Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A crosssectional study was conducted among undergraduate students using a validated Arabicversion questionnaire. A total of 557 students were recruited from different Jazan university colleges. The majority of students (90.3%) have intermediate mental health literacy. Regarding the etiology of mental illness, students agreed that genetic inheritance (45.8%), poor quality of life (65%) and social relationship weakness (73.1%) are the main causes of mental illness. The majority thought that mentally ill people are not capable of true friendships (52.5%) and that anyone can suffer from a mental illness (49.4%). Students’ attitudes towards psychiatric patients were mixed, with 68.7% reporting that they could maintain a friendship with a mentally ill person and that people with mental illness should have the same rights as anyone else (82.5%). Mental health literacy among university students was intermediate. There is an urgent need for health educational programs to change the attitudes of students regarding this important health issue. |
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spelling | pubmed-52258302017-02-17 Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study Mahfouz, Mohamed S. Aqeeli, Abdulwahab Makeen, Anwar M. Hakami, Ramzi M. Najmi, Hatim H. Mobarki, Abdullkarim T. Haroobi, Mohammad H. Almalki, Saeed M. Mahnashi, Mohammad A. Ageel, Osayd A. Ment Illn Article The issue of mental health literacy has been widely studied in developed countries, with few studies conducted in Arab countries. In this study we aimed to investigate mental health literacy and attitudes towards psychiatric patients among students of Jazan University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A crosssectional study was conducted among undergraduate students using a validated Arabicversion questionnaire. A total of 557 students were recruited from different Jazan university colleges. The majority of students (90.3%) have intermediate mental health literacy. Regarding the etiology of mental illness, students agreed that genetic inheritance (45.8%), poor quality of life (65%) and social relationship weakness (73.1%) are the main causes of mental illness. The majority thought that mentally ill people are not capable of true friendships (52.5%) and that anyone can suffer from a mental illness (49.4%). Students’ attitudes towards psychiatric patients were mixed, with 68.7% reporting that they could maintain a friendship with a mentally ill person and that people with mental illness should have the same rights as anyone else (82.5%). Mental health literacy among university students was intermediate. There is an urgent need for health educational programs to change the attitudes of students regarding this important health issue. PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016-12-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5225830/ /pubmed/28217273 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mi.2016.6806 Text en ©Copyright M.S. Mahfouz et al., 2016 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Mahfouz, Mohamed S. Aqeeli, Abdulwahab Makeen, Anwar M. Hakami, Ramzi M. Najmi, Hatim H. Mobarki, Abdullkarim T. Haroobi, Mohammad H. Almalki, Saeed M. Mahnashi, Mohammad A. Ageel, Osayd A. Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study |
title | Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_full | Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_fullStr | Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_short | Mental Health Literacy Among Undergraduate Students of a Saudi Tertiary Institution: A Cross-sectional Study |
title_sort | mental health literacy among undergraduate students of a saudi tertiary institution: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5225830/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28217273 http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/mi.2016.6806 |
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