Mental Health Understanding from Culture Perspective: A Study of Lay People Mental Health Literacy

Lina Cuwandayani, Anita Novianty

2019

Abstract

The gap between the prevalence and the access to professional treatment of mental disorder was one of the biggest problems that acknowledged by health professionals. Low in mental health literacy was one of the factors that contributed to prohibiting lay people to seek help. Culture has to get more attention in mental health discussion because it is probably related to mental health literacy aspects such as mental disorder recognition, belief about the cause of the mental disorder, stigma, even the help-seeking. In this study, we want to explore the mental health understanding from the sample of Chinese people's perspectives in Jakarta, Indonesia. The participants in this study were 130 people consisted of 85 women, 45 men (ranged 14-65 years old). The instruments to collect data in this study were two vignettes (depression and schizophrenia). The method to measure data was descriptive analysis. The result showed the mental health literacy of Chinese lay people was low, where Chinese culture mainly contributed to constructing beliefs about the cause of the mental disorder and the decision to seek help. This study implied the study of mental health should consider the culture to arrange a better mental health literacy program and help-seeking system.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Cuwandayani L. and Novianty A. (2019). Mental Health Understanding from Culture Perspective: A Study of Lay People Mental Health Literacy.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH, ISBN 978-989-758-454-1, pages 304-309. DOI: 10.5220/0009594703040309

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icoh19,
author={Lina Cuwandayani and Anita Novianty},
title={Mental Health Understanding from Culture Perspective: A Study of Lay People Mental Health Literacy},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH,},
year={2019},
pages={304-309},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009594703040309},
isbn={978-989-758-454-1},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Health - Volume 1: ICOH,
TI - Mental Health Understanding from Culture Perspective: A Study of Lay People Mental Health Literacy
SN - 978-989-758-454-1
AU - Cuwandayani L.
AU - Novianty A.
PY - 2019
SP - 304
EP - 309
DO - 10.5220/0009594703040309