[What does the Public Know and Think About Mental Disorders?]
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Eva E Mnich1, Anna C Makowski1, Christopher Kofahl1
1Institut für Medizinische Soziologie, Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Abstract:
Public knowledge about and attitudes towards mental illness were analyzed. Furthermore, changes in knowledge and attitudes after an information and awareness campaign were examined. The basis were two telephone surveys in 2011 (t0) and 2014 (t1) in Hamburg (intervention) and Munich (control). In 2011, the public was relatively well informed about mental disorders. Regarding the level of information of the public before the campaign and inconsistent results of previous evaluation studies the anticipated impact of the awareness campaign at t1 are moderate.
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