Conclusion
The one-day training course changed participant’s attitude
toward mental disorder and lessened their distance to people
with mental disorder. However, due to the limited time, it
was not very effective in terms of improving knowledge of
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Both the knowledge and
attitude are the cornerstone of delivering better mental
health services. In order to respond to the call to integrate
mental health service into primary care, more and more
attention and resources should be invested into community
health service. We conclude that, in the future, in the fight
to close the treatment gap in mental health and in the combat
against stigma related to mental disorder, community
mental health staff are going to play a substantial role.
Hence, more long-time training sessions, possible with
longer-term follow up or booster sessions, may be needed to
be developed to improve knowledge and attitudes among
community mental health staff.