Misconception is a view or opinion that is incorrect because basis on faulty thinking and understanding about many of mental disorder that the prevalent today such as depression anxiety mood disorder bipolar. Therefore, this study was conducted with an objective to assess knowledge and misconception of mental illness. To find the association between the knowledge and misconception regarding their mental illness among adults with their selected demographic variable.

Method: A descriptive study was undertaken on 180 samples in selected area Nerchowk by convenience sampling technique. Quantitative research approach was considered for the present study. The research design adopted for the study was non- experiment descriptive research design. Pilot study was carried out in the month of May 2019. On 8 adults to ensure the reliability of the tool and feasibility of the study. The study was conducted at Ratti, 20 structured knowledge questionnaires were used to assess knowledge and misconception of mental illness. Data was collected by structure knowledge questionnaire was found 0.8. The data was analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.

Result: the study results showed that majority of 64.4% urban people have adequate knowledge whereas 14.4% have moderate and 21.1% have poor knowledge regarding mental illness. The other demographic variable religion, marital  status, education type of family, history of mental illness sources of information were statistically significant at 0.05 level.

Keywords:  Knowledge, Mental, Misconception, Mental illness, General population, Urban area.

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