Open AccessA study on knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding mental health illnesses in Amdanga block, West Bengal
Author(s) -
Rivu Basu,
Arkaprabha Sau,
Soham Saha,
Shatanik Mondal,
Pradip K. Ghoshal,
Sourav Kundu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_155_17
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , mental health , population , observational study , medicine , descriptive statistics , mental illness , cross sectional study , general health questionnaire , environmental health , family medicine , psychiatry , clinical psychology , psychometrics , statistics , mathematics , pathology
The discourse of mental health is getting its due attention after all these years in India. A major threat to the mental health system is the demand side factors, namely, knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of the general population toward this. In spite of growing concern regarding mental health in India, this kind of study to assess the mental health status has been very few in India, more so in West Bengal.