Assessment of nursing students’ attitudes and stigma towards mental illness: A cross-sectional study

Shammari, Mohamamd; Waggas, Dania S.; Hasan, Abd Alhadi

doi:10.5430/jnep.v10n9p1

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“…Stigma of mental illnesses was seen in terms of a set of negative attitudes and beliefs, discrimination, that ended with inappropriate labeling to people diagnosed with mental diseases or illness ( Shammari et al., 2020 ). Stigma against patients with mental illnesses negatively affected them and ended with physical devastating consequences such as not adhering to treatment ( Ciftci et al., 2013 ).…”

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Religiosity and stigma toward patients with mental illness among undergraduate university students

Al‐Natour

Abuhammad

Al‐Modallal

2021

Heliyon

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There is a dearth of research that investigates the relationship between religiosity and stigma of mental illnesses by the context of Jordanian culture. So, this study aimed to describe the relationship between religiosity and stigma against mental illnesses as described by undergraduate university students in Jordan. This study design was descriptive correlations study among 338 University Students, undergraduate students in Jordan. The findings indicate there is a significant correlation (r = - 0.154, p < 0.05) between stigma toward patient with mental illnesses and religiosity. The higher religiosity score is associated with more negativity toward stigma of patient with mental illnesses. Also, the findings indicated there was a significant difference between medical and non-medical student's specialty area and stigma toward patients with mental illnesses (t = 111.14, p = 0.01). Non-medical students reported more stigma for patients with mental illnesses. Stigma against patient with mental illnesses should be addressed at different levels. Cultural competency curriculum should be established for medical and non-medical students to assure more acceptance attitudes and avoidance of stigma against patients with mental illnesses.

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Religiosity and stigma toward patients with mental illness among undergraduate university students

Al‐Natour

Abuhammad

Al‐Modallal

2021

Heliyon

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“…As one of the frontline medical professionals, primary healthcare nurses play a critical role in identifying and assessing early signs of mental health disorders (Shahif, 2019). Stigma and prejudice are key obstacles to achieving excellent mental health and well-being (Knaak, 2017;Sammut, 2017;Shammari, 2020;Kaur, 2023). Regardless of the level of development of civilization, mental diseases are frequently associated with social stigma (Omar, 2019;AlSalem, 2020;Giralt, 2023).…”

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Assess the Attitude Towards Mental Illness Among Nurses Working in Selected Tertiary Care Hospital

Sapharina,

Nalini,

Vijayasamundeeswari

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IJERR

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Mental health is an urgent concern in India as every sixth Indian needs mental health help as reported by a recent National Mental Health Survey done by Gururaj in the year 2016. Further, while 20% of Indians suffer from a mental illness, only 10-12% of them seek help from mental health professionals mainly due to ignorance, stigma and discrimination that largely prevail in Indian community. The study aimed to assess the attitude towards mental illness among nurses and to associate the attitude towards mental illness among nurses working in selected tertiary care hospitals with background selected variables. A non-experimental descriptive research design was used in this study. A purposive sampling technique was used to select the samples and 400 samples were taken for the study. The majority of the nurses have negative 310 (77%) attitudes towards mental illness and only 90(23%) of them have positive attitudes towards mental illness. The mean value of attitude is 59.59 with a standard deviation of 4.94. There is no significant association was found between attitudes toward mental illness among nurses working in selected tertiary care hospitals with background variables at p<0.05. The study results recommend initiating training programs for the nurses aimed at promoting positive attitudes and making them sensitive to the needs of mentally ill patients.

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“…Associative stigma refers to negative attitudes toward individuals not because of their characteristics but due to their association with someone with a mental illness [19]. Initially applied to family members, this concept now includes mental health professionals due to growing evidence of stigma toward them [10,20,21]. Factors contributing to associative stigma among healthcare professionals include overestimation of coercion in mental health services, public ignorance about mental illness, indistinct boundaries between normality and abnormality in psychiatry, and oversimplification of psychiatric issues [22].…”

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A Systematic Review of the Effect of Stigmatization on Psychiatric Illness Outcomes

Chukwuma,

Ezeani,

Fatoye

et al. 2024

Cureus

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Assessment of nursing students’ attitudes and stigma towards mental illness: A cross-sectional study

Cited by 10 publications

References 23 publications

Religiosity and stigma toward patients with mental illness among undergraduate university students

Religiosity and stigma toward patients with mental illness among undergraduate university students

Assess the Attitude Towards Mental Illness Among Nurses Working in Selected Tertiary Care Hospital

A Systematic Review of the Effect of Stigmatization on Psychiatric Illness Outcomes

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