Socially restrictive attitudes towards people with mental illness among the non-psychiatry medical professionals in a university teaching hospital in South India

Conclusion: Socially restrictive attitudes towards people with mental illness are prevalent among substantial number of medical professionals in a low-income country like India. Personal acquaintance with people who have mental illness appears to be the only significant factor that reduces medical professionals’ socially restrictive attitudes towards them.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research