scholarly journals A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE ATTITUDE OF NURSING STUDENTS TOWARDS MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS AND PSYCHIATRY IN SELECTED MENTAL HEALTH SETTING IN DELHI

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 3238-3240
Author(s):  
Subhash Chand Gupta

Current descriptive study is result of pilot study conducted among 60 nursing students in psychiatry & rehabilitative center of Delhi to assess their attitude towards mentally ill patients and psychiatry. Convenient sampling method is used to allocate the samples and data were collected with help of Google form. Findings of the study revealed that nursing students attitude towards mentally ill people and psychiatry is in higher side from minimum which indicates favorable attitudes towards psychiatry. There is no significant association between attitude towards mental ill patients and selected socio-demographic variable. There is no significant association between attitude towards Psychiatric and selected socio except pursuing course. There is negative correlation found between attitude towards mentally ill patients and psychiatry.

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S611-S611 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Mojrian ◽  
A. Homayouni ◽  
Z. Rahmedani ◽  
M. Alizadeh

Resilience as a capacity to withstand stress and calamity is one of the important components of mental health and aggressive is a negative behaviour that can threaten human health. So, the purpose of this study was to investigate the correlation between resilience with aggression and hostility in university students. The research method is correlation, 155 university students were selected by convenience sampling method and responded to Corner & Davidson resilience questionnaires and Boos & Perry aggression and hostility questionnaire. The data were analysed by correlation formula. The results showed that there is a significant and negative correlation between resilience with aggression and hostility, which means when the score of resilience is high, people's aggression and hostility decreases. Therefore, it is recommended to increase the resilience of people by specific teaching programs to reduce the basis of aggression and hostility.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.


2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Rawle Ragoobar ◽  
Robert Turton ◽  
Helen Winter ◽  
Nicola Power ◽  
Catherine Belton ◽  
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1989 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 421-422 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. O'Dwyer ◽  
B. S. Mann

The following is a descriptive study of Willoughby Ward, a psychiatric intensive care unit, opened in Parkside Hospital, Macclesfield, in July 1986. It provides a moderately secure facility for the treatment of psychiatric patients within both Crewe and Macclesfield Health Authorities. The unit has 15 beds, of which two are funded and used by Crewe area, where, unlike Macclesfield, the psychiatric unit is located in the district general hospital. Managed as a locked ward, the patients are admitted under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983. As well as being mentally ill as defined in the Act, the patients were disturbed to a degree as to be unmanageable in open conditions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Evans ◽  
Heather Law ◽  
Roisin Elizabeth Turner ◽  
Andrew Rogers ◽  
Keren Cohen

Author(s):  
Suvitha S. ◽  
Rama E. ◽  
Raviranjan T. ◽  
Ranjini K.

A descriptive study to assess the Mental Health Literacy among the Nursing students (18-20 years of) in the selected college at Puducherry. The objectives of the study was to assess the mental health literacy among the Nursing students. The research approach selected for the study was quantitative research approach and descriptive research design. The study was conducted at MTPG&RIHS at Puducherry. Total 100 B.Sc. Nursing Students who completed the subject mental health nursing were selected based on Non-probability convenient sampling. The researcher used standardized tool, Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) data collection. The findings of the study revealed that 82% of samples had moderate level of knowledge on Mental Health Literacy, 18% of samples had adequate knowledge about Mental Health Literacy and none of the samples had inadequate knowledge regarding Mental Health Literacy. Regarding knowledge, out of 100 samples, 82% of subjects are belongs to moderate knowledge about Mental Health Literacy and Mental illness. Remaining 18% had adequate knowledge about Mental Health Literacy and Mental Illness none of the samples had inadequate knowledge about the Mental Health Literacy and Mental Illness.


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