https://medical.advancedresearchpublications.com/index.php/Psychology-Psychotherapy Advanced Research Publications en-US Journal of Advanced Research in Psychology & Psychotherapy (E-ISSN: 2581-5822) 2581-5822 https://medical.advancedresearchpublications.com/index.php/Psychology-Psychotherapy/article/view/3184 <p><strong>Background</strong>: Mental health involves feeling good about yourself, effectively handling life's challenges, engaging in enjoyable activities, and making meaningful contributions to your community.</p> <p>Mental illness refers to medical conditions causing significant changes in thinking, emotion, and behaviour, often leading to distress and difficulties in daily activities. . Similar to physical ailments, mental health conditions are treatable.</p> <p>&nbsp;<strong>Methods</strong>: A quantitative approach with descriptive research design was adopted to conduct this study.&nbsp; The sample of 40 from Brarigund Chadoora were selected.</p> <p>The attitude was the research variable.</p> <p><strong>Results: </strong>The study revealed that 35 (87.5%) of the study subjects were having neutral attitude towards mental health problems and 5 (12.5%) people were having unfavourable attitude towards mental health problems. The Mean ± SD) for 40 study subjects was 25.08±5.33). The p values showed that There was no association between Attitude of rural people towards mental health problems with selected demographic variables [Age (p=0.856), gender (0.802) and marital status (p=0.137) except for Education (p=0.019*), and occupation (p=&lt;0.001*).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: The study concluded that the Maximum 35(87.5%) of study subjects had neutral attitude towards mental health problems followed by 5(12.5%), who had unfavourable attitude towards mental health problems .The results&nbsp; revealed that there was none (0%)who had favourable attitude towards mental health problems.</p> Muskan Mushtaq Noorul Amin Copyright (c) 2024 Journal of Advanced Research in Psychology & Psychotherapy (E-ISSN: 2581-5822) 2024-09-09 2024-09-09 7 1&2 1 5