A survey into student nurses' attitudes towards mental illness: Implications for nurse training

Integrating mental health care services in primary health care clinics: a survey of primary health care nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and beliefs

“…30 The interesting finding was that the staff have had personal contact with someone with mental health problems but this was not found to have any significance in this study. The findings differ from the findings of the study conducted by Schafer et al 31 who found that knowing someone with mental illness was significant.…”

Undergraduate nursing students’ attitude towards mental illness: a cross sectional study

“…These findings were not in coherence with a previous study that showed mental illness is deeply discredited by the society and rejected as a result of which the same was also rated high by medical students. 8,9 The present study findings is in coherence with a study conducted among Jordanian nursing students as it was found nursing students had significant positive attitudes toward mental illness in four of the five attitudes factors: Authoritarianism; benevolence; mental hygiene ideology; and interpersonal etiology. 10 The stigma related to mental illness is an international concern and a long-standing challenge for research to understand its basis, mechanisms and consequences in order to be able to formulate means by which stigma and its impact may be ameliorated.…”

Atitudes dos trabalhadores de saúde mental em relação aos pacientes psiquiátricos em uma cidade do interior do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

“…Trata-se de um resultado diferente de outras pesquisas, como a de Angermeyer et al 25 , que identificaram associação entre o conhecimento de serviços de saúde mental por utilização própria ou por tratamento de familiares ou amigos e as atitudes em relação aos pacientes. Para autores como Schafer et al 3 , conhecer alguma pessoa que tenha sofrido de doença mental, assim como trabalhar em saúde mental, influencia nas atitudes positivas para com os pacientes com transtornos mentais. Entretanto, no presente estudo, foram analisados profissionais que lidam diariamente com o paciente, o que pode ter influenciado o resultado.…”

“…As atitudes negativas, causadas frequentemente pelo estigma da doença, são algumas das principais barreiras para a inclusão social dessa população na comunidade. O estigma afeta a continuidade do tratamento, dificulta as relações familiares, provoca o isolamento social e a perda da autoestima, contribuindo para o impedimento da instalação de serviços de saúde mental nas comunidades [1][2][3] . Os profissionais de saúde mental -importantes instrumentos de trabalho e principal tecnologia na área -são o primeiro contato do paciente com os serviços.…”