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600 Greek people's attitudes towards family hosts for mentally ill persons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

P. Kloni ,
D. Angelopoulou ,
E. Vardari ,
A. Zotos ,
A. Psychogiou  and
M. Theodoratou
D. Angelopoulou
Affiliation:
Technological Institute of Patras, Social Work, Patras, Greece
E. Vardari
Affiliation:
Technological Institute of Patras, Social Work, Patras, Greece
A. Zotos
Affiliation:
Technological Institute of Patras, Social Work, Patras, Greece
A. Psychogiou
Affiliation:
Technological Institute of Patras, Social Work, Patras, Greece
M. Theodoratou
Affiliation:
Technological Institute of Patras, Social Work, Patras, Greece

Abstract

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Introduction

Family hosts for people with mental diseases is a quite new institution in Greece [1,2].

Objectives

The study investigated Greek people's attitudes toward mentally ill people and their institutionalisation

Aims

The survey investigated Greek society's attitudes and bias concerning Family Host Programs for the mentally ill.

Methods

Questionnaires were administered to a sample of six hundred (600) people in the cities of Patras, Pyrgos and Mesologgi, Southern Greece from May the 27th to June the 12th

Results

Of the respondents, 47.3% were men while 52.7% were women. Most citizens were not familiar with the term “Host Family” and were not aware of this new institution (62.7%). However, many knew a person that suffered from mental illness environment (35.7%), but they thought that mentally ill people would be rather a “burden” to foster families (32.2%).

Conclusions

Although many people knew well a person with mental illness, they were not aware of psychiatric reforms and community based programs. In conclusion, psycho-educational programs contributing to repel bias towards psychiatric patients should be implemented.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EW320
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 33 , Issue S1: Abstracts of the 24th European Congress of Psychiatry , March 2016 , pp. S193
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2016

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