ArticleBMC psychiatry2022
The factors and outcomes of stigma toward mental disorders among medical and nursing students: a cross-sectional study.
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- Mental health stigma among nursing students: current status and intervention strategies- an integrative review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
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- Mental health literacy and the stigmatisation and discrimination of individuals affected by mental illnesses in China: a scoping review.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2025Review
- Non-traditional mental health clinical placements: An effective means for reducing self-stigma in pre-registration nursing students.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2025Article
- Middle-range theory of the diagnosis of low situational self-esteem in undergraduate nursing students.Revista latino-americana de enfermagem · 2025Article
- Exploring Nurses' and Nursing Students' Attitudes Toward Coercive and Technological Measures in Mental Health: A Conceptual Framework and Study Protocol.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2024Article
- Nursing Students' Attitudes toward Working in Mental Health Facilities in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Stigmatizing attitudes toward mental disorders among non-mental health nurses in general hospitals of China: a national survey.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedical and nursing students' attitudes toward mental disorders have a large impact on their working intentions in mental health settings and patients' health outcomes. However, there are few studies about the stigma toward mental disorders among medical and nursing students in China.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, a total of 838 medical and nursing students completed questionnaires on their sociodemographic characteristics and familiarity with people diagnosed with mental disorders as well as the Community Attitudes toward Mental Illness Scale (CAMI). The stigma was compared between medical students and nursing students by ANOVA. A multiple logistic regression model was built to explore the relationships among sociodemographic characteristics, familiarity with mental disorders and stigma.
resultsThe total mean score of the CAMI was 137.61 (SD = 15.63). The score for authoritarianism (M = 33.33, SD = 3.62) was the lowest score of the four subscales. Medical students showed more positive attitudes toward mental disorders than nursing students. However, after controlling the co-variables, the difference disappeared. Stigma was significantly associated with students' education, area of residence, marital status, economic status, history of mental disorders and familiarity with mental disorders.
conclusionsMedical and nursing students show a negative attitude toward mental illness to a certain degree, especially regarding the view that people with mental disorders are inferior. Higher education level, residence in urban areas, single marital status, better economic status, and better familiarity with mental disorders may be related to less stigma among medical and nursing students.
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