Vol. 7, Issue 7, Part D (2021)

Background of the study: A person is said to be healthy not only because of his physical health but also because of his mental well-being. It is very important to have knowledge to identify some peculiar psychiatric disorders like ganser syndrome.

Objectives: To assess the knowledge regarding Ganser syndrome and to find out an association between pre-test knowledge scores with their selected socio demographic variables.

Methodology: A Descriptive study was conducted among 40 law students of selected Law college of Hubballi. The research design used for the study was Descriptive research design.

Results: Overall result of the study revealed that 35(87.5%) had average knowledge, 03(7.5%) had good knowledge and 02(05%) had poor knowledge regarding ganser syndrome.

Conclusion: The study concluded that, overall knowledge of law students regarding ganser syndrome is average. Hence, the law students should be encouraged to attend awareness programmes. It is very important for law students to have knowledge to identify some peculiar psychiatric disorders like ganser syndrome.