The Beliefs Scale for Mental Illness (BSMI)

BSMI used to assess beliefs about mental illness in Arabic cultureconsisted of 19 items and classified into 5 subscales. The first subscale was used to measure the nature of mental illness (9 items). The second subscale consisted of 8- items and used to measure causes of mental illness as perceived by the studied sample. The third subscale deals with methods of treatment of mental illness as perceived by the studied sample (2 items). Responses were measured on three points likert scale: 1) Disagree, 2) Agree, and 3) Unsure (23,24).

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