The purpose of this survey was to understand how the people of Hong Kong perceive
mental health, mental illness, mental patients and mental health facilities. In March 1994, a …

A telephone survey was conducted on a representative sample of 1273 Chinese in Hong
Kong to examine public attitudes to the mentally ill and mental health rehabilitation facilities …

Objective: To ascertain the extent of the community's preference, needs for and utilization of
mental health services, and their socio-demographic determinants in the multi-ethnic Asian …

The issue of public health education regarding mental illnesses has been relatively low
profile in the People's Republic of China. A questionnaire study was carried out on 3,028 lay …

Considerable effort has been exerted in recent years toward educating the public
concerning mental illness and the efficacy of various treatment modalities. Most previous …

It has been suggested that public attitudes toward mental illness have improved in recent
years and one of the measured variables has been the acceptance of contact with persons …

Availability of psychiatric services does not guarantee those services being utilized by the
population. Crucial to the utilization of psychiatric services are community attitudes to mental …

The attitudes of psychiatric doctors and nurses toward the mentally ill in a large urban
psychiatric hospital in China were compared using the Community Attitudes toward the …

A Questionnaire Survey on Attitudes and Understanding towards Mental Disorders Page 1 ©
2012 Hong Kong College of Psychiatrists East Asian Arch Psychiatry 2012;22:18-24 Original …

Background Similar to the general public, mental health professionals sometimes also have
negative attitudes towards individuals with mental illness; which could ultimately affect the …