The effectiveness of mental health-related theoretical education and clinical placement in mental health settings in changing the attitudes of health care students towards mental illness: A systematic review

CHIA, Nurul Nadiah bte Abd Malik; KANNUSAMY, Premarani; KLAININ-YOBAS, Piyanee

doi:10.11124/jbisrir-2012-286

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“…With the lack of other known studies examining attitudes towards help-seeking at 3-month follow-up, our general pattern of findings nevertheless echoes past studies which saw the largest score changes in stigma-related measures at post-intervention survey point rather than at 3-month follow-up [ 19 , 36 , 37 ]. Transience of intervention impact has been identified as a drawback of short-term interventions such as the current one [ 13 , 38 ]. It may be useful to have booster sessions in future endeavours as these sessions have been shown to improve retention and enhance intervention benefits in previous anti-stigma efforts [ 1 , 39 ].…”

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The potential impact of an anti-stigma intervention on mental health help-seeking attitudes among university students

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Background The reluctance of young adults to seek mental health treatment has been attributed to poor mental health literacy, stigma, preference for self-reliance and concerns about confidentiality. The purpose of this study was to examine the potential impact of an anti-stigma intervention that includes education about depression, information about help-seeking as well as contact with a person with lived experience, on help seeking attitudes. Methods A pre-post study design was employed. Changes in help-seeking attitudes were measured using the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS) immediately post-intervention and after 3 months. Sociodemographic data, information on past experiences in the mental health field and contact with people with mental illness were collated. Three hundred ninety university students enrolled in the study. Linear mixed models were used to examine the effects of the intervention. Results Scores on all subscales of the IASMHS, Psychological Openness (PO), Help-seeking Propensity (HP) and Indifference to Stigma improved significantly post-intervention and at 3-month follow-up compared to pre-intervention, with HP demonstrating the highest effect size. However, a significant decline was observed on all three scales at 3-month follow-up compared to post-intervention. Gender, having friends/family with mental illness, and previous experience in the mental health field moderated the intervention effects for the PO and HP subscales. Conclusion The study showed that the brief anti-stigma intervention was associated with improvements in help-seeking attitudes among university students with differential effects among certain sub-groups. As the beneficial outcomes appeared to decrease over time, booster sessions or opportunities to participate in mental health-related activities post-intervention may be required to maintain the desired changes in help-seeking attitudes.

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“…Such inconsistency might be caused by different states of the contacted patients ( 38 , 39 ). The systematic review emphasized that interacting with stable patients (such as in a state of recovery) in a relatively safe clinical environment helped to challenge the stereotypes of mental disorders ( 40 ). However, the states of contacted patients of this study were not restricted.…”

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“…In addition, the timing of assessment of attitudes towards mental disorders might also contribute to the inconsistency ( 41 ). The systematic review found that the effectiveness of clinical practice in promoting health care students’ attitudes towards mental disorders was short-term, disappearing in one-year follow-up ( 40 ). The assessment of attitudes towards mental disorders were conducted years after the completion of psychiatric nursing clinical practice for nonpsychiatric nurses.…”

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The attitudes of nonpsychiatric nurses towards mental disorders in China

Wang,

Qiu

et al. 2024

Front. Psychiatry

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BackgroundFew studies have explored the associated factors of attitudes of nonpsychiatric nurses towards mental disorders. Therefore, this study is aimed to evaluate the attitudes of nonpsychiatric nurses towards mental disorders and especially explore the association between psychiatric clinical practice and these attitudes.MethodsA total of 1324 nonpsychiatric nurses and students majoring in nursing were recruited through an online questionnaire from December 2021 to March 2022 in Sichuan Province, China. Demographic information, personal care experience, psychiatric nursing education and the Community Attitudes towards the Mentally Ill (CAMI) were collected. A higher score indicates a stigmatizing attitude in the authoritarianism and social restrictiveness (SR) subscales and a positive attitude in the benevolence and community mental health ideology (CMHI) subscales. Multivariate linear regression was employed to analyze associated factors of attitudes towards mental disorders, and hierarchical linear regression was used to analyze the association between psychiatric clinical practice and the attitudes towards mental disorders.ResultsUnder the control of confounders, high education level, long residence in urban and personal care experience were positively correlated with score of authoritarianism and SR (p < 0.05), and negatively correlated with score of benevolence (p < 0.05). Long residence in urban and personal care experience were negatively correlated with score of CMHI (p < 0.05). Hierarchical linear regression analysis showed that after adjusting for demographic information, psychiatric clinical practice was associated with lower score of benevolence (B = -0.09, 95%CI = -0.17 ~ -0.003, p = 0.043) and CMHI (B = -0.09, 95%CI = -0.17 ~ -0.01, p = 0.027), but the initial associations between psychiatric clinical practice and authoritarianism, SR disappeared.ConclusionsHigh education level, long residence in urban, personal care experience and the psychiatric clinical practice were associated with the discrimination of nonpsychiatric nurses towards mental disorders. Further exploring practical strategies to optimize the psychiatric clinical practice experience of nonpsychiatric nurses could help improve their attitudes towards mental disorders.

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Stigma and Attitude of Mental Health Help-Seeking Among a Sample of Working Versus Non-working Egyptian Women

Zalat

Mortada

Seifi

2018

Community Ment Health J

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This study was conducted to assess the level of mental health difference between working and non-working women, to explore their stigma and attitude toward seeking psychological help for mental-health problems. World Health Organization's Self-reporting questionnaire (SRQ-20), adoption of Discrimination-Devaluation scale (D-D) scale for measuring self-stigma and attitude toward Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS) Inventory were used. The sampled teachers reported a higher attitude towards seeking mental health services when compared to housewives. Social support and personal stigma were the main factors that significantly predict total IASMHS. Although working females are more susceptible to mental health disorders, yet less stigmatized towards mental health problems and a better attitude for seeking mental health services than housewives.

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The effectiveness of mental health-related theoretical education and clinical placement in mental health settings in changing the attitudes of health care students towards mental illness: A systematic review

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The potential impact of an anti-stigma intervention on mental health help-seeking attitudes among university students

The potential impact of an anti-stigma intervention on mental health help-seeking attitudes among university students

The attitudes of nonpsychiatric nurses towards mental disorders in China

Stigma and Attitude of Mental Health Help-Seeking Among a Sample of Working Versus Non-working Egyptian Women

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