Abstract: Objective To Understand the Baoding community mental health status, cognitive attitude and degree of exposure, targeted knowledge of mental health promotion, to further popularize the knowledge of mental health. Methods Urban and rural Hebei province, severe mental illness treatment programs (referred to as 686 projects), two demonstration areas were surveyed, focusing on survey community physicians, community leaders, mental illness, their families and the urban and rural communities of ordinary residents, and four sets of groups were analyzed. Results (1) Four groups of knowledge of mental health awareness attitude of the patient three entries is to take a positive attitude, the difference was statistically significant (P<0.001); (2) Medical care pathway choice for the four groups are psychiatric hospitals 76.57%, Followed by 13.83% in general hospitals, Primary care clinics was 6.98%, Witch "Doctor" help 2.15%;(3) Four groups of mental health knowledge of the degree of exposure, Family members of patients on the three entries to take a positive attitude. The difference was statistically significant (P<0.001); (4) The main way to obtain knowledge of mental health was television, broadcast, 40.97%, followed by books, newspapers 27.97%, 16.37% of the advocacy training, chat with friends 14.69%. Conclusion There are certain cognitive and exposure to the Baoding community mental health knowledge, there are differences between the four groups of populations, the community physicians were generally higher, ordinary residents was relatively low, we should strengthen the publicity coverage of mental health knowledge to improve the mental health of community residents.

Key words: mental health, community residents, cognitive attitude, the degree of exposure