Scottish Attitudes To Mental Health
A quarter of people in Scotland (26%) say they have personally experienced a mental health problem according to new research from MORI Scotland. The Scottish Executive commissioned the survey -- the second national Scottish Survey of Public Attitudes to Mental Health -- in order to establish changes in attitude and experience of mental health since the baseline study in 2002.
As in 2002, the mental health problems that people most commonly experience are depression (17%), panic attacks (seven per cent) and severe stress (six per cent). Almost three quarters (72%) have seen, read or heard an advert or promotion relating to mental health in the past year. This compares with 43% in 2002.
The full report was published on 7 January 2005, and can be found on the Scottish Executive website at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library5/health/pamhs-00.asp
The Research Finding, a very short summary of the report, can be found at: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/cru/resfinds/hcc44-00.asp
Technical details
Technical Details: Fieldwork was conducted face-to-face in respondents' homes between 24th May and 12th August 2004, using a questionnaire scripted in CAPI, and a random probability sampling method. The sample size was 1,401.
