Beliefs of university students on mental illness

Ünal, Satı; Hisar, Filiz; Çelik, Bülent; Özgüven, Zeynep

doi:10.5350/dajpn2010230301t

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“…Under the light of these findings, we may say that similar to previous study results performed with different occupations, attitudes of counselling teachers were favorable for mental illnesses and patients with mental illnesses (23,24), but their beliefs were unfavorable (16,17).…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Unfavorable beliefs were reported in American military personnel by Greene-Shortridge et al (15), as well as they were reported in some national studies such as negative beliefs for patients with mental illnesses in the western part of Turkey (16), individuals with mental illnesses were dangerous and it was not easy to build up a relationship with them (16), and adolescents perceived patients with mental illnesses as dangerous, and they intended to keep a social distance with them (17). It was observed that our results were consistent with the literature.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Beliefs and attitudes about mental illnesses and patients with them are related to factors such as age, gender, marital status, education level, socioeconomic level, and contradictory results have been reported in the literature in which way these sociodemographic characteristics affect attitudes and beliefs about mental illnesses (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Besides, it was reported in studies that having low educational levels and being older were related to be more tolerant (29)(30)(31), and sociodemographic characteristics had no effect on attitudes and beliefs (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32)(33)(34). Similarly, the present study showed that sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, marital status, graduated program, duration of working period, and affiliation worked at had no effects on attitudes and BMIS scores.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist

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Gökçen³

et al. 2016

Dusunen Adam

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Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatristObjective: In the present study, the aim was to evaluate the beliefs and attitudes of school counselors about mental illnesses, and reasons why counselors referred students to psychiatrists. Method:The study was carried out with 118 school counselors. Data were collected with sociodemographic information form and Beliefs toward Mental Illness Scale (BMIS).Results: According to study results, 15.3% of school counselors stated that they referred to a psychiatrist for their own psychological problems at some time, and 32% of subjects referred their own children to a child and adolescent psychiatrist. The proportion of teachers who referred their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist was 89.8%. Scores of school counselors were 80.41±9.32 in overall BMIS, 28.82±5.35 in dangerousness, 43.83±4.93 in poor social and interpersonal skills, and 7.76±1.81 points in incurability subscales. No statistically significant relationship was determined between mean scores of participants and gender, age, marital status, institution where they work, working duration, and graduate program they attended. The four most frequent student referral causes were conduct disorder (31.10%), attention deficit (16.10%), depressive mood (14.72%) and hyperactivity (12.20%). Conclusion:It is noticed that school counselors have negative beliefs about mental disorders, feel shame because of them, and they regard these patients dangerous. On the other hand, participants believe that these disorders lead to despair in individuals and impair interpersonal communication. According to the literature search, this study is the first investigating beliefs and attitudes of school counselors about mental illnesses, and reasons why they refer students to psychiatrists.Keywords: Attitude, beliefs towards mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry, school counselor ÖZET Rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik inançlarının, tutumlarının ve öğrencilerini çocuk ve ergen psikiyatri uzmanına yönlendirme gerekçelerinin belirlenmesi Amaç: Çalışmamızda rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik inançları, tutumları ve öğretmenlerin öğrencilerini çocuk ve ergen psikiyatri uzmanına yönlendirme gerekçelerinin belirlenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Sonuç: Bu araştırmada rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik olumsuz inançları olduğu, ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik utanma duygusu yaşadığı ve bu hastaları tehlikeli olarak değerlendirdiği görülmektedir. Diğer yandan öğretmenlerin, bu hastalıkların bireylerde çaresizlik yarattığı ve kişiler arası iletişimi bozduğu yönünde bir inançları olduğu da bulunmuştur. Çalışmamızın, literatür taramamız sonucunda rehber öğretmenlerin ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik tutum ve inançlarını, öğrencilerini psikiyatriste yönlendirme gerekçelerini inceleyen ilk çalışma olduğunu düşünülmektedir.Anahtar kelimeler: Tutum, ruhsal hastalıklara yönelik inanç, çocuk v...

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confidence: 73%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 95%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist

Kütük¹,

Durmuş²,

Gökçen³

et al. 2016

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“…In the study carried out on university students by Unal et al (27), the mean total score of BMI was determined as 49.70±13.90. In our study, the total score of BMI was found to be 47.29±19.40 in mental health workers other than psychiatrists.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Change Starts with us: Stigmatizing Attitudes Towards Mental Illnesses and the Use of Stigmatizing Language Among Mental Health Professionals

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Varlık²,

Çeri³

et al. 2017

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Does the clerkship/internship in psychiatry affect medical students’ level of knowledge about schizophrenia, attitudes, and beliefs toward schizophrenia and other mental disorders?

Aslan

Batmaz

2022

PsyCh Journal

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Undergraduate medical students’ attitudes and beliefs toward mental illnesses are a crucial phenomenon as these students will be care providers of the future. The current study aimed to analyze whether the psychiatry clerkship/internship affects these students’ level of knowledge about schizophrenia as well as their attitudes and beliefs toward schizophrenia and other mental illnesses. A total of 158 medical students, 92 in their fifth year and 66 in their sixth year, were included in the study. The participants completed the Knowledge About Schizophrenia Questionnaire (KASQ), Beliefs toward Mental Illness Scale (BMI), and Attitudes toward People with Mental Disorders Scale (APMDS) before and after the psychiatry clerkship/internship. The KASQ and APMDS total scores were significantly higher whereas BMI and BMI‐Dangerousness subscale scores were significantly lower after the clerkship/internship in psychiatry. Postclerkship/internship KASQ total scores were negatively correlated with BMI total scores and BMI‐Dangerousness subscale scores. Additionally, BMI total scores and APMDS total scores were also negatively correlated. Although the change in KASQ scores was significantly associated with the decrease in BMI total scores after the clerkship/internship, it was not associated with the increase in APMDS total score in the hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis. In conclusion, the present study revealed that knowledge about schizophrenia and attitudes and beliefs toward mental illnesses improved significantly after the clerkship/internship in psychiatry. While improvement in medical students’ knowledge about schizophrenia and mental illnesses is a predictor of the decrease in negative beliefs about mental illnesses, a similar relationship was not found regarding attitudes. This study not only provides information about the relationship between knowledge about schizophrenia and attitudes and beliefs about mental illness but also highlights the need to consider the multifactorial nature of attitudes when developing intervention programs for medical students.

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Beliefs of university students on mental illness

Cited by 8 publications

References 22 publications

Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist

Determination of beliefs, attitudes of consulting teachers towards mental diseases, and referral reasons of their students to a child and adolescent psychiatrist

Change Starts with us: Stigmatizing Attitudes Towards Mental Illnesses and the Use of Stigmatizing Language Among Mental Health Professionals

Does the clerkship/internship in psychiatry affect medical students’ level of knowledge about schizophrenia, attitudes, and beliefs toward schizophrenia and other mental disorders?

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