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Knowledge, Attitude and Practice

Questionnaire for Health workers

Department of Psychiatry

National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalor

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National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences

Department of psychiatry, NIMHANS

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Questionnaire for Health workers

SL # Item Yes No1 Mental illness is curable

2 Mentally ill individuals need support and care by the family

3 Mental illness is due to evil spirit, black magic and wrath of Gods

4. Behavior disturbances seen in mentally ill person are related to

strange experiences and thinking disturbance consequent toneurochemical changes in the brain.

5 Very effective and safe drugs are available to treat mental illness

6 A diagnosis of mental illness is made based on history and mentalstate examination alone

7 Mental disorders are inherited

8 Strange or altered behavior seen in mental illness is related to strangeexperiences and disordered thinking. These can be rectified byadministered of medications, which alters the neuro-chemical

abnormalities in the brain.

9 Disability seen in mentally ill person is the result of lack of mental

health care

10 Mentally ill people are understood as strange because internal

experiences are some times ununderstanbale to the onlooker

11 Mental ill individuals can have strange experiences like

hallucinations and false firm beliefs like delusions

12 Mentally ill persons should be brought under care proactively by

health care staff after early identification.13 The only way to convince the community that mentally can recover

and function normally is by initiating treatment as early as possible

14 Psychotic symptoms like hallucination and delusions, depressive

symptoms like sad mood and disinterest can be controlled withinthree months if treated early.

15 2 out of every 1000 population are likely to suffer from

schizophrenia

16. 2 out of every 1000 population are like to suffer from mood disorders

17 10 out of every 1000 individuals are likely to suffer from periodicattacks of epileptic fits/seizures

18 Tubectomised women and vasectomised men complain of ill-definedbodily complaints because surgical procedure causes weakness in

them.

19. Mental retardation can be prevented by providing good health care

20 Epilepsy and mental retardation are often referred to as poverty

related disorders

21. Epileptic fits can be controlled by taking medication regularly.

22. Anti-epileptic drugs can be stopped after two years of fit free period

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in majority of patients

23. One very simple way of managing mental retardation at home is by

giving vitamins and tonics very early in infancy

24 Mental retardation is a permanent disability

25 Effective management of mental retardation can occur only if the

condition is identified early in infancy or childhood26 With respect to mentally ill persons resuming routines like

working, cooking, shopping, reading, and socialization should bestarted as early as it is possible after initiation of treatment

27 Rehabilitation of mentally ill person cannot be done at home

28 Mentally ill person can be best helped by getting them married

29. Maintenance anti-psychotics can be administered by health workers /

ANMs in the patients house

30 Sensory and motor skills can be achieved by starting simple oil

massage followed by hot water both every day till the child is mobile.

31 Addiction is an anti-social behavior, therefore punishment and

imprisonment is the best intervention for such individuals32 The best first aid for epileptics fits is to turn the patient to one side

and loosen his clothes

33 Health workers can educate families to involve their mentally kithand kin in work related or socializing activities by developing

activity scheduling

35 If psychotic patients refuse to eat food or drink water, it is best to

ignore such patients

36 Risk of relapse of mental illness is high in patients who abuse drugs

like cannabis or amphetamines

37 Hostile, critical and over involved families do good to mentally ill

patients38 Health workers are expected to identify mentally ill, educate their

families, refer such patients to the primary health centers and followup patients regularly

39 Acutely disturbed and uncooperative patients should be shifted to thenearest hospital as early as possible by using light physical restraints

40 Very well educated and intelligent people can develop mental illness