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All authors are contributed in the conception and design of the study; acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data; revising the article and approving the final version to be submitted. Cristina O'Ferrall in her name and in that of all the signatory authors guarantee: the accuracy, transparency and honety of the data and the information contained in the study; no relevant information has been omitted; and all discrepancies have been resolved and described.
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Nursing fraternity play a pivotal role in psychiatric services. Negative attitudes toward mental illness have been consistently reported in nursing students. Psychiatric conditions and persons suffering from them may elicit different kinds of attitudinal responses. The current study aimed at assessing the attitude toward mental illness and also at comparative evaluation of the attitude toward persons with different psychiatric, physical, and social conditions. The present study was carried out among conveniently selected nursing students ( = 100) using Attitude Scale for Mental Illness (ASMI) and Attitude to Mental Illness Questionnaire (AMIQ) on their 1 day of psychiatric posting. Higher stereotype (3.1 ± 0.8), benevolence (3.7 ± 0.6), and pessimistic prediction (3.4 ± 0.9) were reported toward mental illness. Negative attitude was noted toward persons with criminal background (4.8 ± 3.7), heroin abuse (3.2 ± 3.6), suicidal depression (1.36 ± 3.6), alcohol use (0.59 ± 4.38), and sc...