Background: Knowledge of the community regarding mental health problems has a important impact on the attitude, prevention of issues and discrimination against patients with mental health problems and to help them in resolving their mental health issues. It is also the groundwork for designing evidence-based mental health interventions in the community. Objectives: To assess the attitude regarding mental health among communities of seeshambara Dehradun, Uttarakhand. Materials and Methods: This study was conducted in the, sheeshambara Dehradun, India, from 31 august 2024 to 07 August 2024. Descriptive survey design was adopted and Convenience sampling technique was used to collect data from 250 community people. Self-structured questionnaires were used to assess demographic variables and 4-point rating scale was used to check attitudes of community people. Results: the study included a total a total of 250 community people. The mean age of study participants were 25.31. the mean and SD was 9.34 ± 6.38. Conclusion: The study findings suggest that the majority of the community people had negative attitude toward mental health. Hence there is a need to create mental health awareness and furthermore change the attitude towards mental health.
Attitude, Mental health, Community
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