Tognazzini Paula, Davis Christine, Kean Anna-Marie, Osborne Margaret, Wong Katherine K
University of British Columbia School of Nursing, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Can Nurse. 2008 Oct;104(8):30-3.
A national report on mental health, produced by the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology, indicates that Canada lags behind other developed countries in awareness of mental health and mental disorders. The report points out that health-care professionals are among the groups that perpetuate the stigma associated with mental illness. The authors, representing the Canadian Federation of Mental Health Nurses education committee, advocate psychiatric/mental health courses and clinical practicums in undergraduate nursing education. They call on students and nurses alike to reflect on attitudes and beliefs that might prevent them from intervening effectively with people living with mental illness.
由参议院社会事务、科学和技术常务委员会编制的一份关于心理健康的国家报告表明，加拿大在心理健康和精神障碍认知方面落后于其他发达国家。该报告指出，医疗保健专业人员是使与精神疾病相关的污名化长期存在的群体之一。代表加拿大心理健康护士联合会教育委员会的作者们主张在本科护理教育中开设精神科/心理健康课程和临床实习。他们呼吁学生和护士反思可能阻碍他们有效干预精神疾病患者的态度和信念。
