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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

Validating the Nepalese Short Attitudes Toward Mental Health Problems Scale (N-SATMHPS): A Culturally Sensitive Tool for Assessing Mental Health Stigma.

Dev Bandhu Poudel, Takashi Yoshioka, Rory Colman, Yasuhiro Kotera

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Dev Bandhu PoudelDepartment of Humanities and Social Sciences, G. P. Koirala Memorial (Community) College, Kathmandu 44600, Nepal.ORCID 0000-0002-3672-185X
Takashi YoshiokaHealth Technology Assessment Unit (Keio-HTA), Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7709-8278
Rory ColmanCollege of Health, Psychology and Social Care, University of Derby, Derby DE22 1GB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4438-9081
Yasuhiro KoteraFaculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0251-0085

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(1) Background: Negative attitudes toward mental health problems remain a barrier for help-seeking, especially in collectivist, lower-middle-income countries like Nepal. While the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (ATMHPS) has been used globally, it has not been formally validated for Nepalese populations. This study aimed to culturally adapt and psychometrically validate a concise Nepalese version of the scale. (2) Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study and recruited participants through an opportunity sampling method. We developed the Nepalese Short Version of the Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale (N-SATMHPS) using Dataset 1 (

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Mental DisordersMental HealthSocial StigmaAdolescentAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNepalPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adultattitudes toward mental illnesscollectivist culturecultural validationdiscriminant validitymental health literacymental health shamemental health stigmaNepal

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