Abstract Dr. Pereira-Sanchez, Founder and Executive Director of the World Network Psychiatric Trainees (WNPT) responsible for WNPT Human Rights Curriculum Initiative, will present an overview same, which aims at understanding current state human rights education psychiatric trainees across world partnering with relevant organizations to develop international standards on topic. The talk highlig...

BACKGROUND Adherence to ethical principles in clinical research and practice is becoming topical issue in China, where the prevalence of mental illness is rising, but treatment facilities remain underdeveloped. This paper reports on a study aiming to understand the ethical knowledge and attitudes of Chinese mental health professionals in relation to the process of diagnosis and treatment, infor...

A complete Works Cited list begins on page 15. Mention of commercial products does not indicate endorsement. Faculty Carol Whelan, APRN, has been working in nursing education since 2000. She received her Master’s degree in psychiatric/mental health nursing from St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Connecticut, and completed post-graduate nurse practitioner training at Yale University. Ms. Whela...

Depression, together with suicide is an important contributor to the burden of disease in Thailand. Until recently, depression has been significantly under-recognized in the country. The lack of response to this health challenge has been compounded by a low level of access to standard care, constraints on mental health personnel and inadequate dissemination of knowledge in caring for people wit...

(2004). Using an interpretive research group to teach communication and understanding in undergraduate psychiatric/mental health nursing students. Abstract: An interpretive research group based in existential phenomenology is used to facilitate student learning about skills central to nursing-communicating, listening, and a genuine understanding of "the other"-in an undergraduate psychiatric-me...

Japanese psychiatric mental health systems are being steadily improved. Psychiatric nurses’ attitude towards strengths of persons with mental disability is critical in order to promote de-institutionalization of patients. However, nurses’ attitudes, particularly their Strengths-Oriented Attitude (SOA) has not been well studied and explained. The purpose of this study was to clarify the SOA of n...

Background: Considering the importance of two variables of stigma and empathy in the care of patients with psychiatric disorders and the impact of cultural conditions on them, there is evidence that these two variables have reciprocal effects. Objective: To determine the correlation between stigma and empathy toward psychiatric disorders in nursing students Methods: In this descriptive correlat...