Attitudes of Vietnamese University students on restrictions of rights and compulsory admissions in patients with severe mental illness - a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This cross-sectional, explorative study examines university students' attitudes (n = 610) in Hanoi, Vietnam, toward the rights of psychiatric patients.

Methods

Medical students responded to self-report questionnaires investigating their attitudes towards restrictions and compulsory admissions in case of severe mental illness after attending a psychiatry course. Medical students and non-medical students who did not participate in the course served as two control groups.

Results

In all groups, the majority of students opposed restricting the civil rights of psychiatric patients, but most supported compulsory admissions in certain situations. Medical students who had not attended a psychiatry course were generally more in favor of compulsory admissions compa

SUBMITTER: Kemna S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11973515 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature