The Singaporean public beliefs about the causes of mental illness: results from a multi-ethnic population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To identify the common causal beliefs of mental illness in a multi-ethnic Southeast Asian community and describe the sociodemographic associations to said beliefs. The factor structure to the causal beliefs scale is explored. The causal beliefs relating to five different mental illnesses (alcohol abuse, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), dementia and schizophrenia) and desire for social distance are also investigated.

Methods

Data from 3006 participants from a nationwide vignette-based study on mental health literacy were analysed using factor analysis and multiple logistic regression to address the aims. Participants answered questions related to sociodemographic information, causal beliefs of mental illness and their desire for social distance towards th

SUBMITTER: Pang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998867 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature