Mental Health and Empathy: Do Nursing Students Have Better Attitudes to Psychiatric Patients?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S520-S520
Author(s):  
M. Pascucci ◽  
F. Capobianco ◽  
M. La Montagna ◽  
E. Stella ◽  
A. Ventriglio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
General Population ◽  
University Students ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Stigmatizing Attitudes ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes

BackgroundStigma towards mental illness has a major impact on the quality of life and the health care of psychiatric patients. Several studies have reported that health professionals have more negative attitudes than general population.AimsTo explore empathy and attitudes towards mental illness in nursing students (NS) and non-health university students. Our purpose is to see how NS have more empathic and less stigmatizing attitudes towards psychiatric patients, compared to other university students.MethodsWe tested 96 university students (50 NS and 46 non-health university students), with the following questionnaires anonymously filled out:– Community attitudes towards mental ill (CAMI), to evaluate the different students’ attitudes towards mental illness;– Empathy quotient (EQ), to assess empathy.ResultsNS differs from the other group in 5 items of CAMI (P < 0.05 in 3 items and P < 0.01 in 2 items), and Authoritarianism subscale (P = 0.023). This shows that NS have a greater general awareness and less stigmatizing attitudes about the need to hospitalize the mentally ill, the difference between psychiatric patients and general population, the wrong need of segregation and the real causes of mental illness. There is also a significant difference in EQ (items 6, 21, 25, 44, 59): future nurses seem to have a slightly higher empathy, even though the EQ total score does not differ in the two groups.ConclusionsThese results suggest that there is a difference with respect to the attitudes towards psychiatric patients in NS and students who do not follow health-care courses: NS have more empathetic and less stigmatizing attitudes.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

scholarly journals STUDENTS ATTITUDES TOWARD BLENDED TEACHING AMONG STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (07) ◽  
pp. 267-274
Author(s):  
Md. Mahasin Ali ◽  
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Teaching Method ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Online Mode ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
The University ◽  
Blended Teaching

The subject of my research is to investigate the students attitudes towards blended teaching among students of the University of Calcutta. The three purposes for which I have studied are –1.To study the attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching. 2. To study the difference in attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching with regard to gender. 3.To study the difference in attitude of Calcutta University students towards Blended Teaching with regard to locality. The quantitative research method has been used for the study. The results I obtained through the self- constructed attitude scale are –There is no significant difference in attitude towards Blended Teaching between male and female students of Calcutta University. And there is no significant difference in attitude towards Blended Teaching between rural and urban students of Calcutta University.Most of the students think that the Blended Teaching method can be acceptable to the students of College and University. Most of the students think that it will be benefited to the students if some syllabus is taught in Online Mode and some is taught in Offline Mode. Most of the students think that the students will be benefited by Blended Teaching method. Most of the students think that Blended Teaching method will benefit the teachers in teaching. Most of the students think that Blended Teaching will improve the learning of the students. Most of the students think that the Blended Teaching method will make the learning environment and teaching more flexible. Some students think that many students will face with difficulties in Blended Teaching. Some students think that only the Offline Teaching is more effective than Blended Teaching in Higher Education.

Evaluation Of Psychiatry Attachment On Medical Students’ Attitude To Mental Illness

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S434-S434
Author(s):  
C. Oliver ◽  
O. Adekunte ◽  
B. Owen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Free Text ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness ◽  
Competing Interest

BackgroundMental illness is subject to stigma, discrimination and prejudice by both healthcare professionals and public. Fortunately, students are still flexible in their beliefs and there is evidence that education in psychiatry may help to positively alter these beliefs. This survey looks into how psychiatry placement positively influences attitudes of medical students to mental illness.AimsTo elicit the effect of clinical attachment in psychiatry on 3rd year medical students’ attitudes toward mental illness.MethodsQuestionnaires were administered to four cohorts of students pre- and post-attachment. Responses were anonymised. Responses were based on Yes/No, free text, order of preference and Likert scale. Analysis was with basic statistical analysis.ResultsNinety-eight pre- and 81 post-placement students responded. There was a 4% increase in mean positive attitude scores following the placement. There was no significant difference in the medical students’ attitudes to violence in mental illness and that patients with mental illness do not want you to help them. Students post-attachment were more likely to disagree with the statement, ‘Psychiatric patients are difficult to like’. However, 6% more students agreed with the statement ‘Alcohol abusers have no self-control’ after the placement!Conclusions and recommendationFollowing the 4-week attachments, the percentage of students reporting more positive attitudes to mental illness showed only a marginal increase. A possible explanation may be insufficient contacts with patients and a feeling of not been part of the treating team.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Different Attitudes Toward Psychiatry and Psychiatric Patients in Nursing Students: Can Personal Experiences Reduce Stigma?

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S520-S521
Author(s):  
M. Pascucci ◽  
G. Rubini ◽  
E. Stella ◽  
M. La Montagna ◽  
F. Capobianco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Psychiatric Patient ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Healing Time ◽  
Psychiatric Ward ◽  
Practical Training ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Significant Difference

BackgroundPsychiatric patients often do not receive the same health treatment reserved for patients with no mental disorders. Stigma in mental-health nurses can worsen the patients’ healing time and quality of care.ObjectiveTo explore the different attitudes towards mental illness and psychiatry in nursing students (NS) of the first and the final year of university, and the importance of having visited a psychiatric ward and having known a psychiatric patient.MethodsFifty NS completed the following tests:– Community attitudes towards mental ill (CAMI);– Attitudes towards psychiatry (ATP-30);– Empathy quotient (EQ).ResultsNS of the final year differ significantly from those of the first year in 4 CAMI items, in Authoritarianism subscale (P = 0.041), Social Restrictiveness (P = 0.029) and Community Mental Health Ideology (P = 0.045), indicating a more mature and responsible approach to psychiatric patients, without considering them a threat to be secluded. EQ does not show a significant difference in empathy, not even considering the individual items. Final year NS also have more positive attitudes toward Psychiatry in 3 ATP-30 items and total score (P = 0.01). Those who visited a psychiatric ward have more positive attitudes towards mental illness and Psychiatry, in 6 CAMI items and 3 ATP-30 items. Having personally known a psychiatric patient leads to positive attitudes in only a few CAMI items.ConclusionsLast-year NS, who have had more direct relationships with patients through practical training, have more empathetic and less stigmatizing attitudes. It is also very useful to attend a psychiatric ward during the nursing training.Normal 0 14 false false false IT X-NONE X-NONE.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Improving the physical health of long-stay psychiatric in-patients

2004 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Cormac ◽  
David Martin ◽  
Michael Ferriter
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
General Population ◽  
Physical Health ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Morbidity And Mortality ◽  
Physical Health Care

Research evidence has shown that morbidity and mortality rates are higher in psychiatric patients than in the general population. This article describes factors that affect the physical health of psychiatric patients living in institutions and the steps that can be taken to review, monitor and improve their physical health. The physical health care of long-stay patients should reach the same standards as those expected in the general population.

Correlates of Change in Attitudes toward Mental Illness among Vocational Nursing Students

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 147-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margo A. Napoletano
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Attitude Change ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Cognitive Components ◽  
Psychology Courses ◽  
Vocational Nursing Students ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness ◽  
Changing Attitudes

Those 16 students who had completed the two psychology courses (a) tended to complete the practicum and (b) reported being more influenced by experiential rather than cognitive components of the practicum. In view of the previously reported findings of favorable attitude change following a psychiatric practicum for the students who had completed the two psychology courses, over-all results presented in both reports (a) confirm previous studies which suggest the effectiveness of a psychiatric practicum in changing nursing students' attitudes toward mental illness and (b) empirically support Rabkin's 1977 statement that academic instruction seems maximally effective in combination with factors such as personal experience with mental patients, etc. (as reported by the student nurses) in changing attitudes toward mental illness.

scholarly journals PSYCHIATRY POSTING AMONG NURSING STUDENTS: ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-56
Author(s):  
A Bakare ◽  
L Yakubu ◽  
M Yunusa ◽  
A Bioku ◽  
M Raji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Attitudes Toward Mental Illness

Background: Attitude towards mental illness influence the nursing students’ choice to take up training and placement in psychiatry as a specialty. The aim of the study was to examine nursing students' attitudes towards mental illness in terms of aetiology, social relations with patients and self-disclosure regarding mental illness. Methods: This was a descriptive quasi-experimental study conducted among all the sixty nursing students attending a 6-week psychiatry posting at Federal Neuropsychiatry Hospital Kware, Sokoto State and Psychiatry unit of General Hospital Katsina, Northwest Nigeria in July 2018. Attitudes toward Mental Illness (ATMI), a self-administered questionnaire was given to the participants before and after six-week posting in psychiatry. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 23.  Results: After 6 weeks posting in psychiatry there was improvement in the participants’ positive attitude towards social relation in person with mental illness, willingness to self-disclosure regarding mental illness and etiology of mental illness compare to before the commencement of psychiatry posting. Majority (81%) reported that movies have negative influence on their attitude toward mental illness. Conclusion: The 6-week psychiatry posting has positive effects on nursing students' attitudes towards mental illness. Movies contribute negatively towards majority of the participants’ attitude to mental illness. Use of psychodrama is being suggested to educate people on the etiology and treatment of mental illness. This study provides evidence-based recommendation for mandatory psychiatry posting among other health workers under training and use of psychodrama to educate the public on mental illness.

scholarly journals Promoting Self-Care Management Among Persons With Serious Mental Illness and HIV

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 421-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy P. Hanrahan ◽  
Donna Rolin-Kenny ◽  
June Roman ◽  
Aparna Kumar ◽  
Linda Aiken ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Serious Mental Illness ◽  
Care Management ◽  
Self Care ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Management Approach

People with a serious mental illness (SMI) along with HIV have complex health conditions. This population also has high rates of poverty, difficulty in sustaining regular housing, and limited supportive networks. Typically, the combination of psychotropic and HIV medication regimens is complicated, changes frequently, and requires coordination among multiple providers. Furthermore, fragmented and divided primary health care and mental health care systems present substantial barriers for these individuals and for the public health nurses who care for them. In this article, we present “real world” case studies of individuals with SMI and HIV and the self-care management strategies used by nurses to address medication and treatment management, build interpersonal skills, and develop sustainable health networks. The case studies can be used for quality improvement discussions among practicing public health nurses and for instructing nursing students in a self-care management approach.

Physical disorders associated with mental illness. A register investigation

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 829-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Fink
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Illness Behaviour ◽  
Chronic Physical Illness ◽  
Physical Disorders ◽  
High Utilization ◽  
Psychiatric Department

SynopsisOn the basis of nationwide patient register data the diagnostic pattern of the medical admissions of a general population (17–49 year-olds; N = 30427) during an 8-year period was studied by comparing those individuals who had been admitted to the psychiatric department (i.e. psychiatric patients) with those individuals who had not. The results suggest that the high utilization of medical admissions by psychiatric patients could not be explained simply by coincident chronic physical illness or particular types of physical disease including the somatic complications of mental disorders. It is more likely to be attributable to other factors such as an increased general susceptibility to physical illness, different forms of illness behaviour, and the process of somatization.

Needs for care in psychiatric patients: a systematic review. I. General concepts and assessment measures. Needs for services

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Lasalvia ◽  
Benedetta Stefani ◽  
Mirella Ruggeri
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
General Population ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Needs For Care ◽  
Number Of Patients

SummaryObjective – In Italy, mental health care is in phase of reorganisation. In this frame the measurement of users' needs may be a useftil tool in planning individualised mental health service interventions and in their evaluation. Aims of the present study are (I) to highlight the basic concepts of 'needs for care' and give a brief description of the main needs assessment tools specifically developed for psychiatric patients; (II) to review studies assessing needs for mental health services in the general population; (III) to discuss the role played by the assessment of needs in planning mental health care. Methods – Studies published in the international literature from January 1980 to June 1999 were reviewed. The studies were located through a computerised search of the databases MEDLINE and PsycLit; in addition, the reference lists of the studies located through the computerised search and the content of main international psychiatric journals were manually scanned in order to avoid possible omissions. Studies assessing needs for services and studies assessing needs on individual level were separately reviewed. Both groups of studies, in turn, were divided in studies assessing needs for mental health care in the general population and in psychiatric patients. Results – Although most studies on needs for services used indirect methodologies and employed quite heterogeneous experimental design, they provide at large overlapping results. In the general population, about 60%- 70% of patients with anxiety, depression and other neurotic disorders and 30%-40% of psychotic patients do not receive any specialist mental health care, suggesting that the majority of subjects suffering from a psychiatric disorder do not receive the mental health care they need. Conclusions – Unmet needs for services show a higher frequency in patients with neurotic and depressive disorders, indicating a shortage in services delivery that should be taken into account both by psychiatrists and mental health planners. Moreover, the finding that a large number of patients suffering from psychotic disorders do not receive any kind of mental health care is of particular relevance for planning mental health services, since these subjects are usually the most problematic and difficult to treat.

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