Journal des soins infirmiers et des soins

Stigma of Mental Disorders and Role of Nursing Professionals: A Developing Country Perspective

Abstract

Piyali Mandal and Sathya Prakash

The role of nursing professionals in taking up anti-stigma activity is of immense importance in the resource poor developing countries. Unfortunately, there is little research exploring the attitude of nurses towards mental disorders and people affected thereof, the possible correlates of such attitude have not been widely studied. The potential role of the nurses in anti-stigma activity is yet unexplored in these countries. This is a short review of literature of the literature available regarding the attitude of nurses towards mentally ill in developing countries and appropriate recommendations.