ABSTRACT
Background: Early detection and proper intervention in psychiatric diseases would be morelikely if community health workers had sufficient mental health literacy, which involvesadequate understanding and a positive attitude toward psychiatric illnesses. Our goal was toanalyses community health professionals' knowledge and attitudes toward the mentally ill andtheir socio-demographic correlates, particularly Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA).Methodology: Using a National Health Service (NHS) survey form, researchers were able todetermine the attitudes of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers towardpsychiatric disease. We looked at a total of 50 completed responses. Chi square test andStudent's t test were employed as statistical analysis approaches.Results: We discovered a lack of mental health understanding and a negative attitude amongASHA employees.Conclusions: The causes of attitude deficits in ASHA workers should be targeted foradditional educational interventions and training, so that positive attitudes can be instilled inthem and other health workers, benefiting our society in the long run.