OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to determine mental illness-related beliefs of the midwifery students who attended and did not attend Mental Health and Mental Illnesses course. METHOD: This cross-sectional study was carried out on the students who were studying at the Department of Midwifery of Izmir Atatürk School of Health, Ege University. The research sample consisted of 62 third grade students who did not attend MH/MI course, and 67 fourth grade students who attended this course. All these students agreed to take part in this research. Socio-demographic Questionnaire and Beliefs toward Mental Illness Scale (BMI) were used to gather data. FINDINGS: According to the findings of the research, it was found that before attending MH/MI course, the fourth grade students had partly positive beliefs (53.7%) about the mentally ill and their positive beliefs about mental illnesses after taking the course, the students' beliefs were changed by 79.1%. Students who change belief that 85.1% stated that MH/MI ideas about the direction of reduction of negative beliefs. The majority of the students (94.6%) thought MH/MI course was necessary. According to the findings of the research, the difference between the students’ attendance status at MH/MI course and dangerousness (t=-0.032, p=0.028) / shame subscales (t=-3.31, p=0.000) of the Beliefs toward Mental Illness (BMI) Scale was found statistically significant. RESULT: In conclusion, there was a dramatic increase in the positive beliefs about mental illnesses of the students after attending MH/MI course. It was determined that compared to the students who did not attend MH/MI course, the ones who attended this course regarded the mentally ill as inoffensive and believed that mental illnesses were not shameful.
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