{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14(9)"],"submitter":["Abi Doumit C"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objectives</h4>Patients with mental health disorders often have to endure the burdens of the condition itself and the stigma that follows. Since no study has been conducted in Lebanon on this topic, our objective was to assess the knowledge, attitude and behaviors towards public stigma of mental health diseases, among a sample of the Lebanese population.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study, conducted between November 2017 and May 2018, enrolled 2289 participants. The Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS), the Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness (CAMI) and the Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS) were used to assess knowledge, attitude and behaviors toward mental illness respectively. The 25th, 50th and 75th percentile of the MAKS, CAMI and RIBS scales scores were cons"],"journal":["PloS one"],"pagination":["e0222172"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6746362"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Knowledge, attitude and behaviors towards patients with mental illness: Results from a national Lebanese study."],"pmcid":["PMC6746362"],"pubmed_authors":["Akel M","Sacre H","Mattar E","Salameh P","Obeid S","Hallit S","Soufia M","Abi Doumit C","Hilal N","Haddad C","Akiki M"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Knowledge, attitude and behaviors towards patients with mental illness: Results from a national Lebanese study.","description":"<h4>Objectives</h4>Patients with mental health disorders often have to endure the burdens of the condition itself and the stigma that follows. Since no study has been conducted in Lebanon on this topic, our objective was to assess the knowledge, attitude and behaviors towards public stigma of mental health diseases, among a sample of the Lebanese population.<h4>Methods</h4>A cross-sectional study, conducted between November 2017 and May 2018, enrolled 2289 participants. The Mental Health Knowledge Schedule (MAKS), the Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness (CAMI) and the Reported and Intended Behavior Scale (RIBS) were used to assess knowledge, attitude and behaviors toward mental illness respectively. The 25th, 50th and 75th percentile of the MAKS, CAMI and RIBS scales scores were cons","dates":{"release":"2019-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2019","modification":"2025-04-18T14:33:38.554Z","creation":"2019-10-11T07:05:41Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6746362","cross_references":{"pubmed":["31525219"],"doi":["10.1371/journal.pone.0222172"]}}