Abstract: Objective To investigate the requirement and the attitude of the mental health knowledge and some psychological factors indifferent developed regions. Methods The mental patients, their caregivers and normal people in total of 534 were surveyed with the Zung'sSelf-rating Depression Scale, the Questionnaire of Experience and Attitude of the Psychosis (self-edited), the Questionnaire of Requirementand Attitude on Mental Health Knowledge (self-edited), the Social Support Rating Scale and the Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire. Theresults were compared between the developed and the developing regions. Results Compared with those from developing, the requirementwas more and the attitude was more positive on mental health knowledge in all the people from the developed regions; the patients obtainedand applied more support, and took more positive coping style, less depressive emotion; the caregivers took more positive and negative copingstyles, and more depressive emotion; the healthy people applied more support, and took more positive coping style; the caregivers feltmore un-safety and wished the patients stay in hospital longer. Conclusion Development of the region plays a role in the mental health. Thecaregivers need more support and care.

Key words: mental health, economic development, knowledge, attitude, depression, social support, coping