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From: Addressing the associative stigma of psychiatry and psychiatrists: a survey on the attitudes of medical and nursing students and doctors in Verona, Italy

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Comparison of percentage distribution of ratings indicating negative attitudes (dichotomized yes/no) given by medical students (n = 511) and nursing students (n = 394) for the APS statements (Fisher’s exact test: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01); % are given for significant comparisons. A1) Psychiatric research has made good strides in advancing care of the major mental disorders; A2) Psychiatry is a rapidly expanding frontier of medicine; A3) Psychiatry is unscientific and imprecise; B1) If someone in my family was very emotionally upset and the situation did not seem to be improving, I would recommend a psychiatric consultation; B2) Psychiatric consultation for medical or surgical patients is often helpful; B3) Psychiatric treatment is helpful to most people who receive it; C1) Psychiatry is not a genuine and valid branch of medicine; C2) Most psychiatrists are clear, logical thinkers: C3) With few exceptions, clinical psychologists and social workers are just as qualified as psychiatrists to diagnose and treat emotionally disturbed persons; C4) Among mental health professionals, psychiatrists have the most authority and influence; C5) Psychiatrists are too frequently apologetic when teaching psychiatry; C6) Psychiatry is too “biologically” minded and not attentive enough to the patient’s personal life and psychological problems; C7) Psychiatry is too analytical, theoretical, and psychodynamic, and not attentive enough to patient’s physiology; D1) Psychiatrists frequently abuse their legal power to hospitalize patients against their will; D2) On average, psychiatrists make as much money are most other doctors; E1) Psychiatry has a low prestige among the general public; E2) Psychiatry has a high status among other medical disciplines; E3) Many people who could not obtain a residency position in other specialties eventually enter psychiatry; E4) Psychiatry is a discipline filled with medical graduates whose skills are of low quality; E5) My family discouraged me from entering psychiatry; E6) Friends and fellow students discouraged me from entering psychiatry; E7) If a student expresses interest in psychiatry, he/she risks being associated with a group of other would-be psychiatrists who are often seen by others as odd, peculiar, or neurotic; E8) I feel uncomfortable with mentally ill patients; F1) Teaching of psychiatry at my medical school is interesting and of good quality; F2) During my psychiatry rotation, psychiatry residents were good role models; F3) Attending psychiatrists during my psychiatry rotation were good role models; F4) Most psychiatrists at my medical school are clear, logical thinkers; F5) Most non psychiatry and house staff at my medical school are respectful of psychiatry; F6) Although I am interested in psychiatry, no effort was made to encourage my becoming a psychiatrist/a psychiatric nurse at my medical school

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