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Abstract
Background: Assessment of undergraduate nursing students’ attitudes toward mental illness is an important aspect as they are the future care providers. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of the psychiatric- mental health nursing curriculum on students’ attitudes toward mental illness. Design: A cross sectional descriptive design was used. Setting: The study was carried out at the Technical Nursing School of Nasser Institute Hospital for Research and Treatment affiliated To the Ministry of Health at Cairo governorate. Subject: 92 nursing students were included. Tools: Part one: Socio-demographic questionnaire to assess socio-demographic characteristics of the nursing students, Socio-demographic of students’ parents and Socio-demographic of students’ knowledge and source of knowledge about mental illness. Part two: Attitude about Mental Illness scale (Opinions about Mental Illness in the Chinese Community [OMICC])( Cohen, J. & Struening, E.L. (1962). Results: There was a highly statistically significant improvement of nursing students’ attitudes percent score toward mental illness regarding all studied dimensions in post- intervention as compared to the pre- intervention phase. Conclusion: According to the findings of the present study the researcher concluded that, there was a highly statistically significant positive correlation between all dimensions reflecting nursing students’ attitudes toward mental illness. Recommendation: Increasing awareness of the value of the mental- health nurses and increasing the acceptance of mental illness starting from the first year of nursing schools.