Open AccessAttitude and Views towards Mental Health among Dental Students
Author(s) -
Sangaraju Soumya Sri,
A. Jothi Priya,
R. Gayatri Devi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i60a34449
Subject(s) - mental health , feeling , psychology , observational study , test (biology) , medical education , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , medicine , psychiatry , social psychology , paleontology , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics , biology
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Aim: The aim of the study is to assess attitude and views towards mental health and psychiatry among dental students.
Materials and Methods: Study Setting is prospective observational study.The advantages of this study was economical, easy to create, wide reach, and gathering larger data Quick Interpretation . It was approved by the scientific review Board Saveetha Dental college Chennai .Number of participants involved in this study are 138 college students .The responses from the google sheet were transferred into excel. Inferential statistics was done using Chi square test and exported to SPSS software, version 25
Results: From the survey conducted among dental students on mental health and psychiatry.Majority of dental students were female participants compared male participants.Interpretation was based on a p value less than 0.05, which was considered to be statistically significant.
Conclusion: The findings of the present study proves that the majority of dental students have awareness of attitudes and views of mental health .Among dental students, females are the major participants compared to males. In order to develop psychiatric and mental health services, public acceptance is necessary.