Mental Perceptions of the Tripoli Community about Psychological Treatment (North Lebanon)

Abstract

The researcher presented the topic “The mental perceptions of the Tripoli community about psychological treatment,” because it is linked to the beliefs and perceptions of members of this community about the importance of mental health. This study aimed to achieve several goals, the most important of which are: identifying the level of mental perceptions about psychological treatment in Tripoli society, and highlighting the importance of this topic through programs that aim to educate community members about the importance of psychological treatment for maintaining mental and physical health. It also aimed to identify false beliefs and other factors that contributed to shaping the mental perceptions of the Tripoli community about psychological treatment.

The study sample consisted of (600) people from the Tripoli community. In this study, the researcher relied on the descriptive analytical method, and to achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used several tools, including interviews and observation, and used a mental perceptions questionnaire that she prepared as a tool for collecting data from the study sample, and its psychometric properties were verified.

The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences in the mental perceptions of the Tripoli community about psychological treatment according to the economic level variable, the educational level variable, and the variables of gender, age, and religion.

The researcher came up with several recommendations, the most important of which is conducting future studies aimed at understanding the mental perceptions of Tripoli society in order to get rid of false beliefs among individuals who have not reached a certain level of awareness of the importance of mental health and its direct impact on physical health.