Author: Paula Bradshaw Saxby
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Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Author: Erin Leigh Suhir
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Languages : en
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This grant proposal seeks funding for a project to determine if undergraduate nursing student's attitudes and stigma associated with mental illness are positively impacted by a formal presentation done by a person living with schizophrenia. Research has shown that personal contact with stigmatized groups of people can have a positive impact on participants negative attitudes, however the more similar these groups are the more positive the impact is. According to previous research, negative attitudes and the stigma associated with mental illness continue to create disparities in access to care for those with a mental illness. The disparities are not only related to mental health care, but to care for physical needs as well. Research has shown that those with a mental illness have significantly shorter life spans, in part due to the disparities in health care for those with a mental illness. Undergraduate nursing students are required to complete a psychiatric mental health clinical and theory course, and many studies have been conducted on the impact of this required coursework on the stigmas students may hold about mental illness. However, few studies have been conducted examining the impact of personal contact with a professional person with schizophrenia on undergraduate nursing students, especially prior to the start of any of their psychiatric nursing coursework. Data for this project will be collected from undergraduate nursing students enrolled in the traditional BSN program at a Southern California University. Statement of Problem Negative attitudes and its associated stigma towards mental illness continue to create disparities in care for those with a mental illness. Despite nationwide campaigns to attack this issue, there is still much progress to be made. Undergraduate nursing students are currently only required to interact with those with a mental illness when they are patients, and therefore are not granted the opportunity to have personal contact with a professional person with a mental illness that is not currently hospitalized or in crisis. This quasi-experimental pre and posttest research design will fill a research gap, as only a few small scale similar studies have been conducted. Sources of Data: Data will be collected using The Attitudes towards Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ) (Cunningham et al., 1993) for both the pre-and-post-test survey to measure attitudes towards people with schizophrenia before and after the intervention. In addition, demographic information will be collected.

Author: Todd Hastings
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Madeleine Mary Brady
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Category : Attitude (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Author: Sharon Zurline
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Category : Nursing students
Languages : en
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Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the attitudes of undergraduate nursing students toward mental illness, and the interest in choosing psychiatric nursing as a desirable career choice. Methodology: A nonexperimental descriptive study design was chosen for this study. Sample size of 18 undergraduate nursing students participated in the self-reported survey, The Mental Health Nursing Education Survey (MHNES) Part 2. This survey has 43-items that report the attitudes and beliefs toward people diagnosed with mental illness and towards mental health nursing and scored on a 7-point Likert Scale. Findings: Data reported from the survey report that the nursing students have a foundation of knowledge of mental illness and the role of the psychiatric nurse. The students also report a positive experience during their psychiatric clinical. The students report a negative attitude toward mental illness and have a disinterest in pursuing a career as a psychiatric/mental health nurse. Conclusion: The results from this study report the need for increase need for psychiatric/mental health nurses. The factors of attitudes that undergraduate nursing students have toward mental illness and mental health nursing can be affected by their clinical experience.

Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309439124
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 171

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Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.

Author: Lois Konzelman
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Category : Electronic dissertations
Languages : en
Pages : 107

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Historically, nurses have lacked recognition for the work they do, especially in the area of mental health. There is a shortage of qualified mental health nurses to meet the demand for services. Many rural areas in the United States have few or no mental health services to offer communities. Encouraging positive attitudes toward mental health nursing is an important step in the recruitment of new nurses into the specialty. This study used Colaizzi's method of phenomenology to explore the beliefs held by undergraduate BSN students towards mental health nursing and how undergraduate nursing education affected those attitudes. The purpose of the research was to understand undergraduate nursing students' attitudes toward mental health, to understand the impact that content and clinical experiences and experiences with non-mental health faculty have on attitudes toward mental health nursing, and to understand how undergraduate nursing education can contribute to the de-stigmatization of mental health nursing. Guided by Goffman's (1963) stigma theory, 20 participants were interviewed. Data analysis revealed three major themes: a) student nurses had varied attitudes toward mental health nursing, b) students had varied understanding of mental illness and mental health nursing at the end of the course rotation and c) clinical experiences and teaching strategies produced attitudinal changes in undergraduate nursing students. The two subthemes extracted from the first theme were students attitudes ranged from favorable to unfavorable and attitudes were based on experience and exposure to mental illness and mental health nursing. Subthemes from the second theme included students did not comprehend content as presented and they compartmentalized illnesses as medical or mental. Subthemes from the third theme included students had concerns over loss of technical skills and they did not comprehend the role of the mental health nurse even after clinical experiences.

Author: Violeta A. Berbiglia
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Category : Mental illness
Languages : en
Pages : 330

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Author: Marian C. Holden
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Category : Medical students
Languages : en
Pages : 138

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Author: Betty Donley Lemasters
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Category : Attitude (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 136

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