Medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward mental illness: An Indian perspective

Poreddi, Vijayalakshmi; Thimmaiah, Rohini; BadaMath, Suresh

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“…In another study conducted in Canada, Kassam et al 27 compared different professional groups including ‘physicians and medical student’ and ‘psychiatric nurses and psychiatric nursing students’ and found that they had more stigmatising attitudes than social workers. A few other cross-sectional studies have also compared attitudes towards mental illness between medical and nursing students in India, 29 nursing students in Sweden and India, 30 31 and medical students in Nigeria and Sri Lanka. 32 33 …”

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Stigma towards mental illness among medical and nursing students in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

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ObjectivesTo assess stigma towards people with mental illness among Singapore medical and nursing students using the Opening Minds Stigma Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC), and to examine the relationship of students’ stigmatising attitudes with sociodemographic and education factors.Design and settingCross-sectional study conducted in SingaporeParticipantsThe study was conducted among 1002 healthcare (502 medical and 500 nursing) students during April to September 2016. Students had to be Singapore citizens or permanent residents and enrolled in public educational institutions to be included in the study. The mean (SD) age of the participants was 21.3 (3.3) years, with the majority being females (71.1%). 75.2% of the participants were Chinese, 14.1% were Malays, and 10.7% were either Indians or of other ethnicity.MethodsFactor analysis was conducted to validate the OMS-HC scale in the study sample and to examine its factor structure. Descriptive statistics and multivariate linear regression were used to examine sociodemographic and education correlates.ResultsFactor analysis revealed a three-factor structure with 14 items. The factors were labelled as attitudes towards help-seeking and people with mental illness, social distance and disclosure. Multivariable linear regression analysis showed that medical students were found to be associated with lower total OMS-HC scores (P<0.05), less negative attitudes (P<0.001) and greater disclosure (P<0.05) than nursing students. Students who had a monthly household income of below S$4000 had more unfavourable attitudes than those with an income of SGD$10 000 and above (P<0.05). Having attended clinical placement was associated with more negative attitudes (P<0.05) among the students.ConclusionHealthcare students generally possessed positive attitudes towards help-seeking and persons with mental illness, though they preferred not to disclose their own mental health condition. Academic curriculum may need to enhance the component of mental health training, particularly on reducing stigma in certain groups of students.

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Stigma towards mental illness among medical and nursing students in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

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“…Similar finding of negative attitude has been reported by other researchers. [456] On benevolence scale, the students had a positive attitude of paternalistic and sympathetic view towards the persons with mental illness. The results at the post-assessment showed that there is a significant increase in the optimism about the treatment of mental illness and the future growth of persons with mental illness (pessimistic prediction dimension).…”

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“…Efforts have been made to assess the attitude of nursing students toward mental illness and psychiatry. [4567] Researchers have reported nursing students' having a negative attitude and have suggested that there is an urgent need to evolve innovative teaching strategies to improve their attitude. Efforts have also been made to assess the impact of teaching strategies,[8] brief educational intervention[9] and four weeks' mental health placement[10] on the attitude of nursing students in different countries.…”

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Change in Attitude among Nursing Undergraduate Students Following One-Month Exposure in a Mental Healthcare Setting

Grover¹,

Jameel

Dhiman

2019

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

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Background:Attitude of treating professionals plays an important role in the treatment of mental illnesses. Nursing professionals are an important part of the mental health care team. As a part of their nursing coursework, nursing students are posted in a mental health setting. It is important to assess the impact of such postings on their attitudes.Materials and Methods:A total of 235 undergraduate nursing students posted in a mental healthcare setting for one month participated in the study. Their attitude towards mental illness and psychiatry was assessed before and after the posting, using Personal data sheet, Attitude Scale of Mental Illness (ASMI), and Attitude towards Psychiatry Scale (ATP).Results:At pre-assessment, the nursing students had a negative attitude on all dimensions of ASMI except benevolence, and positive attitude on all the six domains of ATP. At post-assessment, attitude improved significantly on pessimistic prediction dimension of ASMI, and they were able to maintain their positive attitude on ATP.Conclusions:One-month posting had a weak positive impact on attitude towards mental illness and no detrimental impact on attitude towards psychiatry. There is a need for better efforts to increase the impact of training on attitude towards mental illness.

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“…University students from different schools and disciplines such as health (medicine [11], nursing [12], dentistry [13] [14], and pharmacy [15]), humanities [16] [17], engineering [16], and business [18] frequently hold negative stigmatizing attitudes and behaviors towards people with mental illness. Nursing students, when having been compared to other university students, have reported more positive attitudes and behaviors towards people with mental illness [19] [20]. Yet, when they have been compared to the general public, they have shown more negative attitudes and behaviors towards those people [21] [22], such as the beliefs of dangerousness and unpredictability as well as the desire to social distance [20].…”

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The Effect of Contact-Based Interventions on the Attitudes and Behaviors of Nursing Students towards People with Mental Illness: A Literature Review

Al-Ma’ani¹,

Hamdan‐Mansour²

2020

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Background: Student nurses and other healthcare students are the future mental health professionals and have the potential for changing the future of mental healthcare. Therefore, their negative attitudes and behaviors should be screened and corrected by effective anti-stigma interventions. Otherwise, they would likely withhold some health services and practice coercive treatments once planning care to people with mental illness. However, little is known on effective approaches to correct these negative attitudes and behaviors, despite the previous reviews that have shown that contact-based interventions have demonstrated positive attitudinal and behavioral changes for nursing students towards people with mental illness. Aim: The aim of this literature review was to compile the available research evidence on contact-based interventions that have targeted the attitudes and behaviors of nursing students towards people with mental illness. Methods: The relevant literature was extracted by searching electronic databases (MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and CINAHL) and by hand checking reference lists of past similar reviews. Results: Eleven studies were retrieved and included in this review. The included studies in this review either have employed social contact interventions, video-based social contact interventions, or both types for the aim of combining or comparing. Furthermore, the included studies either have targeted the attitudes of nursing students towards people with mental illness (including prejudice), or a combination of attitudinal and behavioral outcomes (including behavioral intentions and social distance). No studies have targeted behavioral outcomes solely.

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Medical and nursing students’ attitudes toward mental illness: An Indian perspective

Cited by 30 publications

References 21 publications

Stigma towards mental illness among medical and nursing students in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

Stigma towards mental illness among medical and nursing students in Singapore: a cross-sectional study

Change in Attitude among Nursing Undergraduate Students Following One-Month Exposure in a Mental Healthcare Setting

The Effect of Contact-Based Interventions on the Attitudes and Behaviors of Nursing Students towards People with Mental Illness: A Literature Review

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