Perception, knowledge, and attitude toward mental disorders and psychiatry among medical undergraduates in Karnataka: A cross-sectional study | Zendy

G Aruna | Zendy; Shobhana Mittal | Zendy; MuralidharaB Yadiyal | Zendy; Chandana Acharya | Zendy; Srilekha Acharya | Zendy; Chinmay Uppulari | Zendy

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Perception, knowledge, and attitude toward mental disorders and psychiatry among medical undergraduates in Karnataka: A cross-sectional study

Author(s) -

G Aruna,

Shobhana Mittal,

MuralidharaB Yadiyal,

Chandana Acharya,

Srilekha Acharya,

Chinmay Uppulari

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

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.

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