A report on successful introduction of tele mental health training for primary care doctors during the COVID 19 pandemic.

Treatment gaps of 60-70%, reflecting, amongst many other factors, Human Resources shortfalls means that 150 million India never accessed mental healthcare. In Punjab, mental health training is required in primary health centers. A short-term synchronous training was conceptualized by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences.

'Unheard voices': Perceptions of women with mental illness on nurses screening routinely for domestic violence: A qualitative analysis.

Objectives: To explore women's experiences of violence and their opinion on routine screening for domestic violence by nursing professionals in mental health care settings.

Methods: This qualitative narrative research design was carried out among 20 asymptomatic women with mental illness at a tertiary care centre in Bangalore, India.

Results: Narrative content analysis was performed, and five dominant themes have emerged: 1.

Empowerment of nurses' knowledge and skills on violence against women with mental illness: A randomized controlled trail.

Background: Nurses play a key role in identifying and supporting women with abusive experiences. However, research that evaluated the effectiveness of educational interventions on violence against women is sparse from India.

Aim: To evaluate the effectiveness of a training program in improving nurses' knowledge and skills related to the identification and management of abused Women with Mental Illness (WMI).

Violence against women with mental illness and routine screening: Nurses' knowledge, confidence, barriers and learning needs.

Violence against women is a major public health issue and women with mental illness (WMI) are at a double disadvantage. While nurses play a key role in identifying and responding to abused women, research is limited on this issue from India. This qualitative study was aimed to explore nurses' knowledge, confidence, and learning needs in the identification and responding to disclosure of abuse in women with mental illness.

Violence Against Women with Mental Illness and Social Norms and Beliefs: Nursing Professional Perspective.

Violence against women is a priority public health issue globally and women with mental illness are at double disadvantage. While social norms and beliefs play a critical role in influencing violence among women, limited or no research is available from India. To explore nurses and nursing students' views on social norms and beliefs that support Violence against women with mental illness.

Knowledge and perceptions of Indian primary care nurses towards mental illness.

Objectives: To assess nurses' knowledge and perceptions towards mental illness.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among 126 randomly selected nurses those are working under District Mental Health program in Karnataka (India). The data was collected through self-reported questionnaires Using the modified version of Public perception of mental illness questionnaire and Attitude Scale for Mental Illness.

Eating Attitudes, Weight Control Behaviors, Body Image Satisfaction and Depression Level Among Indian Medical and Nursing Undergraduate Students.

This was a cross sectional descriptive study carried out among Medical and Nursing students to assess the presence of eating disorders. Data was collected using self administered 'Sick, Control, One, Fat, Food' (SCOFF) and 'Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26)' questionnaires. It was found that 34.

Indian nurses' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards use of physical restraints in psychiatric patients.

Objectives: To assess nurses' knowledge, attitude and practice towards using physical restraints among psychiatric patients.

Methods: A descriptive cross sectional survey was carried out among conveniently selected sample of nurses working in psychiatry departments at a tertiary care center. The data was collected using self reported questionnaires of Suen.

Gender Differences in Body Mass Index, Body Weight Perception, weight satisfaction, disordered eating and Weight control strategies among Indian Medical and Nursing Undergraduates.

Objectives: To assess gender disparity in body weight perception, Body Mass Index (BMI), weight satisfaction and role of depression among undergraduate Medical and Nursing students.

Methods: A descriptive cross sectional descriptive study was conducted in conveniently selected medical (n=241) and nursing (n=213) students of Bangalore, South India. Data was collected using self-administered SCOFF questionnaires.

Medical and nursing students' attitudes toward mental illness: An Indian perspective.

Objectives: Compare the attitudes toward mental illness between medical and nursing undergraduate students from a university in India.

Methods: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out among medical (n=154) and nursing undergraduate students (n=168) using Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI) questionnaire with six sub scales namely; Separatism, Stereotyping, Restrictiveness, Benevolence, Pessimistic prediction and Stigmatization. This was a 5-point Likert scale with 34 items to rate participants responses from totally disagree (1) to totally agree (5).

Attitudes, knowledge, and willingness to donate organs among Indian nursing students.

Globally, there is an acute shortage of organs for transplantation. Health professionals play an important role in raising awareness, motivating, and subsequently increasing the organ donation rates. Research related to nursing students' attitudes toward organ donation is limited from India.

Nursing Students Attitudes and Understanding of Complementary and Alternative Therapies: An Indian Perspective.

Unlabelled: AIM The purpose of the present study was to explore Indian nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

Background: Research on nursing students' knowledge of complementary and alternative therapies is limited in India.

Method: This was a cross-sectional exploratory study carried out in a convenience sample of nursing students (N = 122) using self-administered questionnaires.

Bachelor of nursing student' attitude towards people with mental illness and career choices in psychiatric nursing. An Indian perspective.

Objective: To examine undergraduate nursing student' attitudes toward people with mental illness and mental health nursing.

Methodology: This was a cross sectional descriptive study carried out among conveniently selected nursing students (N=116). Data was collected through self- reported questionnaires.

Undergraduate Nursing Students' Attitudes towards Mental Illness: Implications for Specific Academic Education.

Background: Health care professions are not immune to social prejudices and surprisingly share the general public's attitude attributed to people with mental illness. Nursing students are future health manpower research related to nursing students attitudes toward mental illness is limited.

Aim: The aim of this following study is to examine the undergraduate nursing students' attitudes toward people with mental illness.

Prevalence and clinical correlates of obsessive-compulsive disorder in schizophrenia.

Obsessive compulsive symptoms frequently occur in a substantial proportion of patients with schizophrenia. The term schizoobsessive has been proposed to delineate this subgroup of schizophrenia patients who present with obsessive-compulsive symptoms/disorder. However, whether this co-occurrence is more than just co-morbidity and represents a distinct subgroup remains controversial.

[Human rights violations among people with mental illness; rural vs. urban comparison].

Background: Human rights violations are commonly reported against people with mental illness and have remained a major research issue in recent times.

Objective: The present study was aimed to compare psychiatric patients' perceptions of human rights needs between rural and urban settings.

Methodology: A descriptive study design was carried out among 100 recovered psychiatric patients based on the Clinical Global Impression-Improvement Scale (CGI-I scale), at a tertiary care center.

An 11- to 13-year follow-up of 75 subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Objective: There is a paucity of data on the long-term course and outcome of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Available data suggest that OCD runs a chronic course with waxing and waning severity. However, most previous studies included severely ill patients who were often clinically referred and hospitalized.