Jessica Steinback
Psychology 108: Research Paper
17 April 2016
Mental illness can affect the persons’ way of thinking, mood, and their behavior. That can
contribute on how they function in their everyday lives. The topic or the research I have chosen
was an article about mental health from a Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice. The article
is called “Mental health literacy among caregivers of persons with mental illness: A descriptive
survey”. The purpose of this research was to survey caregivers who take care people with mental
illness in India. They also want to educate and change the perception of caregivers among people
with mental illness through their health literacy programs. Due to the lack of knowledge and
their negative perceptions of mental illness, it goes untreated. The vast majority of the emotional
wellness proficiency studies have been directed in western countries, with few studies in Indian
social context. Furthermore, no distributed research accessible uncommonly was concentrating
on mental wellbeing proficiency among guardians of persons with a mental ailment from India.
The subjects that were used in this research was randomly selected through a random
sampling method. Either for them to participate, the study had some criteria that can be in the
study. Their relative must be diagnosed as mentally ill as per ICD-10 criteria, must be 18 years
and older, must be the main caregiver and had been caring for them more than 6 months (who are
mentally ill) and lastly, willing to participate in the study. 230 caregivers participated in the study
over the course of 3 weeks and the final sample were “161 caregivers with 70% response rate”
(356).
The type of study that was conducted was a descriptive study. Members were chosen
through a random sampling method from the outpatient follow-up cohort. Participants answered
a questionnaire, were interviewed face-to-face in a private room at the treatment facility. It took
the interview 25-30 minutes and the participants have the right to leave the room study and also
they let them know if they do choose to leave, it won’t affect the treatment of their relative. The
initial part of the poll included socio–demographic points of interest of members, for example;
age, sexual orientation, education, salary, conjugal status, religion, habitation and association
with the patient. The second part of the poll was information regarding about the mental health
literacy of the caregivers by using the “Public Perception of Mental Illness Questionnaire” (356).
The following shows how it was measured:
