Knowledge on Mental Illness among the People of Lekhnath Municipality-2, Kaski, Nepal

This study was done to assess the knowledge on mental illness among the people of Lekhnath Municipality-2, Kaski, Nepal and to find out the association between knowledge and demographic variables

Sample size was 100 people of Lekhnath Municipality-2, Kaski, Nepal. The devices that are used for data collection was: Demographic Performa, Knowledge questionnaire on mental illness. Data collection technique was through interview.

Most of the participants (34%) were of age 35 years above and most (54%) of them were female, most (71%) of them were Hindu. Majority of the people's education level was below SLC level i.e. (31%) and Most (58%) of the people's were unemployed with family monthly incomes below NRs.5000 (33%) and majority (79%) of people were aware regarding mental illness and most (44%) of them had information on mental illness. Most (58%) of the people had average knowledge and least (1%) had poor knowledge regarding mental illness. There is significant association between knowledge and age, religion, level of education, occupation, family income, awareness regarding mental illness (p<0.05) and Non-significant between knowledge and gender, family members.