BACKGROUND The stigmatizing of the mentally ill is quite common and has numerous social and economical consequences for these individuals. SUBJECTS AND METHODS The aim of this paper was to examine young peoples' beliefs regarding the mentally disordered. The authors' questionnaire regarding the interviewees' age, gender, social background and their opinions on the mentally ill was conducted a...

OBJECTIVE Teachers as role models stand in a unique position in the formation of their pupils' set values about mental health issues. The aim of this study therefore was to determine the attitude of teachers to mental illness. METHOD The questionnaire for the study was a drafted modified self-administered one, distributed among a randomly selected sample of teachers in the area of study. RE...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to examine motivational correlates of mentally tough behaviours among adolescent tennis players. DESIGN Two-phase study, involving the development of an informant-rated measure of mentally tough behaviours, followed by a cross-sectional survey including athlete and parent assessments of study variables. METHODS In Phase One, 17 adult, high-performanc...

PURPOSE Mentally disabled patients show different recovery profiles compared to normal patients after general anesthesia. However, the relationship of dose-recovery profiles of mentally disabled patients has never been compared to that of normal patients. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty patients (10 mentally disabled patients and 10 mentally intact patients) scheduled to dental surgery under gen...