Acceptability of Mental Health Facilities and De-addiction Centers in India.

ABSTRACT: Not much is known about disease prevalence, treatment outcomes, trained manpower, programs, and patients' awareness of diseases from South Asia, compared with the Western world. While other aspects are improving, the quantitative evaluation of awareness of diseases is lagging. Compared with other diseases, the situation for mental health disorders and addiction is worse. While no single study can fully quantify all aspects of awareness, a good starting point is to understand if increasing the number of mental health facilities is beneficial by understanding people's perception toward the likelihood of contracting various diseases, their preferred approach to treatment, and their perception of whether there are enough current facilities. We surveyed over 8000 families across several states

SUBMITTER: Singh PP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6454643 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature