Open AccessPerception, knowledge, and attitude toward mental disorders and psychiatry among medical undergraduates in Karnataka: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
G Aruna,
Shobhana Mittal,
Muralidhara Yadiyal,
Chandana Acharya,
Srilekha Acharya,
Chinmay Uppulari
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.174381
Subject(s) - perception , psychiatry , cross sectional study , psychology , context (archaeology) , nonprobability sampling , population , health care , stigma (botany) , medicine , medical education , clinical psychology , paleontology , environmental health , pathology , neuroscience , economics , biology , economic growth
Globally, psychiatry as a subject, psychiatrists as professionals, and patients with psychiatric disorders are subjected to cultural stereotypes and negative attitude by the general population. What is of alarming concern is that these prejudices exist within the medical community as well.