“…In Clinical Simulation in Nursing (2015) 11, 445-449 www.elsevier.com/locate/ecsn addition to this, areas of skill development identified for mental health nursing such as intellectual empathy, have led to a wide range of various needs-based simulation techniques adopted in curricula that address specific deficiencies (Dearing & Steadman, 2009 Other barriers that appear to inhibit full immersion in mental health learning experience, include issues related to bias, stigma, anxiety, and fear (Dearing & Steadman, 2008;Wilson et al, 2009;Lehr & Kaplan, 2013;Doolen, Giddings, Johnson, Guizado de Nathan, & OBadia, 2014;Kameg, Szpak, Cline, & Mcdermott, 2014). Nurse educators have used simulation as a strategy to address these issues.…”