Attitudes towards people with mental illness among medical students: A qualitative research

ABSTRACT Background: Globally, people with mental illness frequently encounter stigma, prejudice, and discrimination by public and health care professionals. Research related to medical students’f attitudes toward people with mental illness is limited from India. Aim: The aim was to assess and compare the attitudes toward people with mental illness among medical students’. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was carried out among medical students, who were exposed (n = 115) and not exposed (n = 61) to psychiatry training using self-reporting questionnaire. Results: Our findings showed improvement in students’ attitudes after exposure to psychiatry in benevolent (t = 2.510, P < 0.013) and stigmatization (t = 2.656, P < 0.009) domains. Further, gender, residence, and contact with mental illness were the factors that found to be influencing students’ attitudes toward mental illness. Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that psychiatric education proved to be effective in changing the attitudes of medical students toward mental illness to a certain extent. However, there is an urgent need to review the current curriculum to prepare undergraduate medical students to provide holistic care to the people with mental health problems.

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Attitudes toward people with mental illness among medical students

Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice ◽

10.4103/0976-3147.154564 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (03) ◽

pp. 349-354 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Vijayalakshmi Poreddi ◽

Rohini Thimmaiah ◽

Suresh Bada Math

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Health Care Professionals ◽

Mental Health Problems ◽

Psychiatric Education ◽

Undergraduate Medical Students ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Self Reporting Questionnaire

ABSTRACT Background: Globally, people with mental illness frequently encounter stigma, prejudice, and discrimination by public and health care professionals. Research related to medical students′ attitudes toward people with mental illness is limited from India. Aim: The aim was to assess and compare the attitudes toward people with mental illness among medical students′. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study design was carried out among medical students, who were exposed (n = 115) and not exposed (n = 61) to psychiatry training using self-reporting questionnaire. Results: Our findings showed improvement in students′ attitudes after exposure to psychiatry in benevolent (t = 2.510, P < 0.013) and stigmatization (t = 2.656, P < 0.009) domains. Further, gender, residence, and contact with mental illness were the factors that found to be influencing students′ attitudes toward mental illness. Conclusion: The findings of the present study suggest that psychiatric education proved to be effective in changing the attitudes of medical students toward mental illness to a certain extent. However, there is an urgent need to review the current curriculum to prepare undergraduate medical students to provide holistic care to the people with mental health problems.

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Attitudes toward mentally ill patients: a comparison between Romanian and International Medical Students

Medicine and Pharmacy Reports ◽

10.15386/cjmed-776 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 90 (4) ◽

pp. 401-406

Author(s):

Codruta Alina Popescu ◽

Anca Dana Buzoianu ◽

Soimita Mihaela Suciu ◽

Sebastian Mihai Armean

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Social Distance ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Negative Attitude ◽

Personal Contact ◽

Future Health ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Stigmatizing Attitudes

Background. Stigmatizing attitudes to mental illness, and especially schizophrenia, are not limited to the general population but are also common among health professionals. Health professionals are in a position to model health related attitudes both in the general public and patients. Medical students are an interesting group to focus upon, since they are future health professionals and correcting stigmatizing attitudes is still possible during their educational curriculum.Methods. This study investigated the attitude toward mental illness in medical students at the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy. We surveyed first year students, since they have not yet received specific classes or internships in psychiatry; 322 students from the Romanian and English sections participated, representing a response rate of 94.7%. The questionnaire consisted of the Romanian and English versions of Link's Social Distance Scale towards people with mental illness scale.Results. Overall, medical students had a relatively negative attitude towards people with mental illness, with moderate social distance and stereotypical attitudes. The level of personal contact with people with mental illness was correlated with positive attitudes. International students had scored lower then Romanian students on social distance toward mentally ill patients.Conclusions. Medical education can play an important role in the attitudes of students toward mental illness. Medical students have stigmatizing attitudes about mentally ill patients. Personal contact with people suffering from mental illness might contribute to a positive attitude from the medical students toward mentally ill patients.

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Changing the Attitudes of Hong Kong Medical Students Toward People With Mental Illness

The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease ◽

10.1097/01.nmd.0000185871.20390.c6 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 193 (11) ◽

pp. 766-768 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Ka Fai Chung

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Hong Kong ◽

Medical Students ◽

People With Mental Illness

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KOORDINASI DALAM PENANGANAN GELANDANGAN PIKOTIK DI KOTA BANDUNG

JANE - Jurnal Administrasi Negara ◽

10.24198/jane.v2i1.13678 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Andini Hening Safitri ◽

Ida Widianingsih ◽

Mas Halimah

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Mental Illness ◽

Performance Measurement ◽

Research Method ◽

Measurement Accuracy ◽

Homeless People ◽

State Service ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Shared Culture ◽

And Behaviors

Latar belakang penelitian ini berawal dari fenomena masih sering ditemuinya gelandangan yang menderita gangguan jiwa atau gelandangan psikotik yang terlantar dan berkeliaran di kota-kota besar termasuk Kota Bandung. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan deduktif dengan mengacu pada koordinasi efektif yang dikemukakan oleh State Service Commision (2008), yang didalamnya terdapat tiga dimensi utama dalam koordinasi, yaitu dimensi mandat, sistem dan perilaku. Dari penelitian ini dapat disimpulkan bahwa koordinasi dalam penanganan gelandangan psikotik di Kota Bandung masih belum berkaitan dengan dimensi mandat, sistem dan perilaku. Agar koordinasi dalam penanganan gelandangan psikotik di Kota Bandung dapat berjalan efektif, diperlukan peningkatan dalam beberapa aspek yang berkaitan dengan dimensi koordinasi, yaitu dalam hal komitmen pemimpin, tujuan yang terdefinisikan secara jelas dan disepakati bersama, kerangka kerja dan akuntabilitas, pengukuran kinerja, ketepatan dan kemampuan perwakilan dan kepemimpinan dalam tim, serta budaya dan nilai bersama. ABSTRACT The background of this research came from the phenomenon are often seen the homeless people with mental illness or psychotic vagrant displaced and wandering in major cities including Bandung. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method with a deductive approach by reference to the effective coordination proposed by the State Services Commission (2008) , in which there are three main dimensions in coordination, the dimensions of the mandate, systems and behaviors. From this research, it can be concluded that the coordination in handling psychotic vagrant in Bandung still not associated with the dimensions of the mandate, systems and behaviors. In order to coordinate the handling of psychotic vagrant in Bandung can be effective, it needs improvement in some aspects related to the dimensions of coordination, namely in terms of commitment to leadership, the goals are clearly defined and agreed together, frameworks and accountability, performance measurement, accuracy and the ability of representation and leadership in the team, as well as shared culture and values.

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Differences In The Attitudes Of Clinical And Pre-clinical Medical Students To Mental Illness

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.1569 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (S1) ◽

pp. S433-S433

Author(s):

O. Adekunte ◽

C. Oliver ◽

B. Owen

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Psychiatric Patients ◽

Free Text ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Elective Period ◽

Competing Interest

BackgroundThe quality of care provided to psychiatry patients by doctors can be influenced by attitudes towards mental illness. Equally important is the attitude of medical students as future treating doctors towards mental illness. This survey compares the differences in the attitudes of pre-clinical and clinical years student to mental illness.AimsTo compare attitudes of pre-clinical and clinical medical students’ to mental illness.MethodsA cross-sectional survey of 212 clinical students (CS) and pre-clinical students (PS) at Newcastle University. Each responded anonymously to an electronic questionnaire. The responses take the form of: Yes/No, free text, order of preference, and Likert scale. Results were analysed based on basic statistical analysis.ResultsLittle differences exist between the 2 groups in their beliefs that psychiatric patients are not difficult to like, mental illness can be a result of social adversity, psychiatry patients often recover and that people with mental illness should be offered a job with responsibility. However, 54% PS disagreed that mental illness often leads to violence, compared to 66% CS and 87% of PS identified that mental illness can be genetic in origin compared with CS of 91%.ConclusionThis survey did not identify any significant difference between the attitudes of pre-clinical and clinical students in most of the domains. However, a higher percentage of clinical students associate violence with mental illness and are unwilling to consider an elective period in psychiatry.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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How Mental Illness is Perceived by Iranian Medical Students: A Preliminary Study

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health ◽

10.2174/1745017901309010062 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 62-68 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Homayoun Amini ◽

Reza Majdzadeh ◽

Hasan Eftekhar-Ardebili ◽

Amir Shabani ◽

Rozita Davari-Ashtiani

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

Social Relations ◽

Response Rate ◽

Psychiatry Clerkship ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

Students Attitudes ◽

Attitudes Toward Mental Illness ◽

Self Administered Questionnaire

The study aimed to assess medical students' attitudes toward mental illness following a 4-week psychiatry clerkship. All fifth-year medical students from three academic centers in Tehran were asked to participate in the study. They completed the questionnaire on the last day of their 4-week psychiatry clerkship. A self-administered questionnaire was used to examine participants' Attitudes Toward Mental Illness (ATMI). One hundred and sixty eight students completed the questionnaires (88.9% response rate). In general, the students had favorable attitudes toward mental illness at the end of their clerkship, with mean (± SD) ATMI total score of 78.6 (± 8.1) (neutral score, 66.0). The students showed the most favorable opinion (95.2%) about Category 5 (stereotypic attitude toward people with mental illness) whilst they revealed the least favorable opinion (64.3%) regarding Category 1 (social relations with people affected by mental illness). In addition, the students thought that movies were on the top of influential media on shaping the attitudes toward mental illness. Overall, most of Iranian medical students had generally favorable attitudes toward people with mental illness at the end of their clerkship. Therefore, it may be expected next generation of medical doctors show more favorable attitude toward mental illness.

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Prejudice towards people with mental illness

European Psychiatry ◽

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2017.01.1363 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 41 (S1) ◽

pp. S740-S740

Author(s):

J. Radović ◽

I. Roncevic-Grzeta ◽

J. Rebic

Keyword(s):

Mental Illness ◽

Medical Students ◽

General Population ◽

Medical Research ◽

Mentally Ill ◽

Online Survey ◽

Psychology Students ◽

Mental Illnesses ◽

People With Mental Illness ◽

Competing Interest

This paper reports the results of a medical research that measured prejudice and attitudes towards mentally ill people and towards the mental illness. Three groups of respondents were studied: medical students, psychology students and the general population. Medical students and psychology students represented a population that is educated in regards to mental illness, and the general population was not trained so much about mental illness. The hypothesis was that the respondents who have been working with mentally ill people and had lots of knowledge about mental illnesses were the persons with less prejudice towards people with mental illness. The main objective of research was to examine the differences in prejudice and attitudes between respondents who had experience and knowledge related to mental illness and people with mental illness compared to those without such knowledge and experience. Testing was conducted using an anonymous online survey consisting of thirteen questions. The research confirmed the hypothesis and it could be an incentive for education aimed at specific groups.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

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