일반인과 정신과 환자 보호자들의 정신질환에 대한 인식과 태도에 관한 연구

A Study on the Knowledge and Attitude Toward Mental Illness in Lay People and Caretakers

This study was conducted to examine the knowledge and attitude toward mental illness in the lay people and the psychiatric patients’ caretakers from December 1993 to October 1994. 242 lay people who were the parents of the students in an elementary school and 164 psychiatric patients’ caretakers at Seoul National Mental Hospital were asked to answer a questionnaire about mental illness. In addition, parent Bonding Instrument(PBl) was used to determine the parental bonding style in 94 psychiatric patients’ caretakers. And the results were as follows : 1) The primitive, supernatural concepts toward mental illness were significantly high in caretakers and in low educational group. 2) The psychological, environmental concepts toward mental illness were significantly high in female and in low educational group. 3) The negative attitudes toward the mentally ill were significantly high in female caretakers and in older age group and low educational group. 4) The caretakers，negative attitude toward the mentally ill were significantly associated with increased number of admissions. 5) The Mothers had more psychological, environmental concepts and more negative attitudes toward mental illness than the siblings in caretakers. 6) The negative attitudes toward the mentally ill were significantly associated with high level of parental overprotection and low level of parental care and the primitive, supernatural concepts toward mental illness were significantly associated with high level of paternal overprotection and low level of paternal care. We suggest that educational programs on the mental illness, especially for the primaiy caretakers, are necessary for early detection and treatment of illnesses, prevention of relapsesand rehabilitatio