Penyuluhan Bahaya Fenomena Self-Diagnosis Sebagai Upaya Manajemen Proteksi Diri Dari Gangguan Mental

Abstract

The development of technology encourages easy access to all information including mental health, this has led to a phenomenon known as self-diagnose. The phenomenon causes several adverse effects such as excessive anxiety, mismanagement, and non-detection of the actual disease. In order for this phenomenon not to continue, an effort is needed, namely counseling. This counseling activity aims to increase understanding of the dangers of the phenomenon and to enforce proper diagnosis. Activities are carried out by delivering material through Power Point media. Following the pre-test and post-test to measure the effectiveness of counseling activities. Based on the results of the calculation, it was found that the average score of the pre-test with a magnitude of 63.81 increased to 74.762 in the post-test. Through the T test it has been proven that the difference in the mean of both is significant. Thus it can be concluded that this counseling activity is effective in increasing students' understanding related to the phenomenon of self-diagnosis.