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4043-20: Whole Health Meets Values: Attitudes Aligned with Mental Health Empathy on Campus 

This presentation describes and presents the results of a mixed-methods research study examining college student attitudes about people with mental illness. The measurement of student human service majors feelings before and after viewing a video of people with mental illness validated effective interventions for improving attitudes and decreasing stigma.

Presenter:  Todd Hastings, PhD, RN, CNE

Disclosures:  The presenter and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label use of medications will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  18 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Identify two benefits of brief and practical interventions in support of improved college students' feelings towards people with mental illness.

Keywords:  Mental  Health Illness, College Students, Decreasing Stigma 

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.25 contact hours.  * In order to receive contact hours, you must: Listen to presentation, complete an evaluation, and earn a passing score on the post-test before the expiration date. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 34th Annual Conference

The contact hours for this session expire:  November 30, 2023

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