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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"perceptions of mental illness"”.
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Methods and madness : researching community health workers' perceptions of mental illness in Khayelitsha and Nyanga
This dissertation explores the use of qualitative methods to research community health workers' (CHWs) perceptions of mental health problems in Khayelitsha and Nyanga, two peri-urban Black townships in the Cape Town area. Since the historic WHO-UNICEF meeting at Alma-Ata in 1978, there has been …
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PERCEPTIONS OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND LEARNING DISORDERS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS: A REVIEW OF SERVICES, PERCEPTON, AND POPULAR CULTURE
… from their non-disabled peers due to negative perceptions and stereotypes of disability. This has been especially true in education where students with disabilities such as Autistic Disorder, Attention Deficit Disorder, and Learning Disorders have been completely removed from an education with …
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Perceptions of mental illness in south-eastern Nigeria: causal beliefs, attitudes, help-seeking pathways and perceived barriers to help-seeking
To provide empirical basis for mental health interventions in the deprived sub-Saharan African region, this study explored the perspectives of the Igbo people of south-eastern Nigeria on four dimensions of mental illness: causal beliefs, attitudes towards sufferers, preferred treatment pathways and …
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On ‘Clear and Present Danger’: The Influence of Firearm Legislation on College Student Perceptions of Mental Illness and Treatment-Seeking Intentions
Mental illness (MI) stigma is considered a primary barrier to seeking and remaining in treatment. Mental health experts argue that directly targeting persons with MI in an effort to reduce gun violence may increase public stigma via further associating MI with dangerousness and increasing public …
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Mental illness : negative perceptions of university students
This study has sought to document the negative perceptions of mental illness in a sample of university students across four faculties at the University of Cape Town.
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Understanding Service Utilization Disparities and Depression in Latino Parents and Children: The Role of Fatalismo
… a disparity between need and utilization of mental health services for Latino adults and children. The adapted Health Beliefs Model (Henshaw & Freedman-Doan, 2009) provides a useful framework for conceptualizing the roles of perceived severity and therapy expectations in the relation …
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The experience of mental illness stigma by undergraduate university students
Mental illness stigma continues to negatively influence students’ help-seeking behaviour, deteriorating their mental well-being and overall functioning. This research study aims to explore and understand how undergraduate university students in South Africa experience mental illness stigma, …
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Geography of Service Delivery: On the Role of Mental Health Service Structure in Community Senior Services for Puerto Rican Older Adults
The main purpose of this study was to examine the role of mental health services structure in community senior centers and how it interacts with Puerto Rican older adults' historical, social, and cultural experiences to relate to their perceptions, awareness, and utilization of mental health …
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An exploration of the coping mechanisms of caregivers of persons diagnosed with severe mental illness, in the Western Cape, South Africa
This exploratory study on the coping mechanisms of caregivers in the Western Cape was undertaken in order to gain a better understanding of what caregivers experience and utilise in order to cope with their role as caregivers. Informal caregivers are the primary carers for people with a severe …
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Student Perceptions of Mentally Ill Offenders
… deinstitutionalization, the responsibility for mentally ill members of society has shifted to the criminal justice system in a process of trans-institutionalization or “criminalization of mental illness” (Slate & Johnson, 2008). Though various groups have been studied to ascertain their …