Effects of the psychiatric nursing course on students' beliefs toward mental illness and psychiatric nursing perceptions in Turkey

Ciydem, Emre; Avcı, Dilek

doi:10.1111/ppc.12796

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“…The theoretical part of the course was taught using a variety of teaching methods such as lectures, discussions, film analysis, role plays and case studies. The practical component took place in a psychiatric clinic for 13 weeks (lasting one and a half days per week), and all students worked with PMI [ 55 ]. The duration and structure of such programs displayed variations across different academic institutions, with some opting for extended internship durations.…”

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The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review

Zeng,

Pan,

Sun

2024

Medical Education Online

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The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review

Zeng,

Pan,

Sun

2024

Medical Education Online

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“…Higher scores represent a more negative attitude toward mental illness. Previous studies from different cultures and countries reported that BMI was a valid and reliable scale (16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22). The Cronbach's alpha result for the scale was 0.845.…”

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Medical student attitudes toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study from the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Aldabbour,

Abu-El-Noor,

Elhissi

et al. 2024

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Background Mental illness is highly stigmatized compared to physical illness, often due to false beliefs and a lack of knowledge. Negative attitudes harbored by healthcare providers reflect on the care they provide and impact their patients’ outcomes and may tailor their future preferences away from the psychiatric practice. This cross-sectional study used a stratified, randomized sampling to survey the beliefs and attitudes of students at a Palestinian medical school toward mental illness using the Beliefs Toward Mental Illness (BMI) scale. Results Overall, 79.1% of 282 participants demonstrated overall positive attitudes toward mentally ill patients (BMI score <43). The highest mean score (more negative attitude) was received by the ‘dangerousness’ domain (2.75 ± 0.75), while the ‘poor social and interpersonal skills’ domain received the lowest mean score (2.47 ± 0.82). Male sex (p=0.031) and having a friend (p=0.035) or a family member (p=0.033) suffering from a mental illness predicted a more positive attitude toward mental illness, while age, study level, and having undergone the clinical psychiatry rotation did not impact attitude significantly. Conclusions The study shows that medical students in the Gaza Strip are not absolved from the negative stereotypes of their community toward mentally ill patients, which should be addressed systematically by health educators and medical schools in the country.

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“…Bingham and O'Brien (2018) demonstrated that a short educational intervention including theoretical lectures delivered by mental health specialists contributed to positive changes in nursing student stigma and beliefs about people diagnosed with mental disorders. Another recent experimental study carried-out in Turkey showed that a psychiatric nursing course had proven to be effective in improving students' beliefs toward mental disorders, suggesting that students' negative beliefs should be identified and changed through appropriate interventions from the very first year of their education ( Ciydem & Avci, 2021 ).…”

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Knowledge, attitude and behaviours toward people with mental illness among Tunisian nursing students and nonhealth care students: A cross-sectional study

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Background: Although being in the frontline of healthcare and having a crucial role in the reduction of stigma, evidence has shown that nurses and undergraduate nursing students hold unfavourable attitudes toward mental illness . There is, to our knowledge, no previous study that explored attitudes toward mental illness among nursing students in Tunisia, nor in North African countries. Aim: We aimed to assess stigma in nursing students as compared to nonhealth care students, and the relationship between stigma and education variables in the nursing students group. Methods: The 'Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill', the 'Mental Health Knowledge Schedule', and 'Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale' were administered to 255 nursing students and 332 nonhealth care students. Findings: Despite nursing students being more knowledgeable about mental disorders than nonhealth care students; they held significantly more stigmatising attitudes toward people with mental disorders in two dimensions: Authoritarianism and Community mental health ideology. After controlling for confounders, we found that having taken mental health courses significantly predicted more favourable attitudes toward people with mental disorders and better knowledge of mental health stigma. Being interested in working in psychiatric wards helped predict more favourable attitudes and intended behaviours. Discussion: In general, results from this study are of concern as it presents evidence of an overall similar or even greater tendency to negative attitudes toward mental illness among nursing students than among nonhealth care students. Conclusion: There is an urgent need for antistigma interventions in nursing schools. These interventions should target nursing students with the most negative attitudes, including male students and those who have never had personal experience with mental illness. Interventions should also work to build up nursing students' interest in mental health nursing during their undergraduate years.

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Effects of the psychiatric nursing course on students' beliefs toward mental illness and psychiatric nursing perceptions in Turkey

Cited by 6 publications

References 25 publications

The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review

The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review

Medical student attitudes toward mental illness: a cross-sectional study from the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Knowledge, attitude and behaviours toward people with mental illness among Tunisian nursing students and nonhealth care students: A cross-sectional study

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