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Table 3 Attitudes to statements on mental health and human rights

From: Attitudes towards persons with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities as rights holders in Ghana: a World Health Organization study

Statement

Strongly agree/agree

Neutral

Strongly disagree/disagree

O. The use of seclusion and restraint is needed if people using mental health services become threateninga

70.91

9.64

19.45

L. When people experience a crisis, health practitioners or families should make decisions based on their ideas about what is best for themb

60.93

10.59

28.48

*Q. Involuntary admission does more harm than gooda

30.92

20.64

48.44

N. Controlling people using mental health services is necessary to maintain ordera

46.85

15.28

37.87

I. The opinions of health practitioners about care and treatment should carry more weight than those of a person with an intellectual disabilityb

46.60

16.61

36.79

C. People with dementia should always live in group homes where staff can take care of themd

45.60

11.75

42.65

P. People at risk of harming themselves or others should be isolated in a locked rooma

44.01

10.31

45.68

E. Taking medication is the most important factor to help people with mental health conditions get betterc

42.96

11.64

45.40

A. Nothing can be improved within mental health services without additional resourcesc

40.12

7.42

52.46

F. You can only inspire hope once a person is no longer experiencing symptomsc

29.15

9.70

61.15

*M. People with intellectual disabilities have the right to make their own decisions, even if I don’t agree with themb

61.82

13.70

24.48

B. The service environment has little to do with people’s mental health and wellbeingc

24.23

6.75

69.02

*G. People using mental health services should be empowered to make their own decisions about their own treatmentc

68.72

9.97

21.31

D. People with psychosocial disabilities/mental health conditions should not be hired in work requiring direct contact with the publicd

17.83

9.03

73.14

K. People with mental health conditions should not be given important responsibilitiesb

15.81

10.78

73.41

H. Following advice of other people who have experienced mental health issues is too riskyb

15.42

16.20

68.38

J. It is acceptable to pressure people using mental health services to take treatment that they don’t wanta

14.86

9.39

75.75

  1. *reverse scored, acoercion, blegal capacity, cservice environment, treatment choice, and hope, dcommunity inclusion