Australian Acute Inpatient Psychiatric Units' Mental Health Nurses' Attitudes Towards Consumers With Mental Illness: A Survey Analysis.

ABSTRACT: People living with mental illness often face negative attitudes and discrimination in the community. Mental health professionals have an essential role to play in the stigma experienced by people living with mental illness, and their actions have the capacity to either reduce or exacerbate stigma. Despite providing professional care to consumers, negative attitudes towards mental health conditions are evident even among Mental Health Nurses (MHNs) working in acute inpatient psychiatric units. At the same time, few studies are focusing on Australian acute inpatient psychiatric units' MHNs' attitudes towards mental illness. This study aims to assess Australian acute inpatient psychiatric units' MHNs' attitudes towards mental ill health to develop an educational package to enhance or maintain

SUBMITTER: Sreeram A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12817111 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature