Misconceptions Regarding Mental Illness Among General Population

Abstract

Objectives: The objective of the study was to assess the misconceptions regarding mental illness among general population. Methods: Quantitative research approach and Non probability convenient sampling technique was used to select the samples. The tool consisted of 20 structured items. Results: The study results found that most of the family (92%) they don’t have any mentally disabled person in their family and eight percentages of samples had mentally disabled person in their family. It reveals that out of 100 samples, 86 (86%) samples had low level of misconception, 14(14%) samples had medium level of misconception, none of them had high level of misconception and all p-values were not significant. Conclusion: Hence, the investigator concludes that there is no significant association between the demographic variables and the levels of Misconception regarding mental illness.