Discussion
This was the first study to evaluate the training course on
improving the knowledge and attitude toward mental illness
among community mental health staff in Guangzhou,
China and several benefits were shown in the evaluation.
The training changed participants’ attitudes toward mental
illness, lessened the social distance between the community
mental health staff and people with mental illness,
slightly improved the participants’ knowledge level of
schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in the vignettes.