- Title
- Mental health nurses’ attitudes on consumers with dual diagnosis : a thematic analysis
- Creator
- Anandan, Roopalal; Cross, Wendy; Olasoji, Michael
- Date
- 2024
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/199875
- Identifier
- vital:19268
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2023.2278779
- Identifier
- ISSN:0161-2840 (ISSN)
- Abstract
- Background: The issue of dual diagnosis continues to be a global health concern. There is a lack of empirical research on mental health nurses’ attitudes toward consumers with dual diagnosis. Objective: This study aimed to answer the following research question: How do mental health nurses describe their attitude toward consumers with co-existing mental health and drug and alcohol problems? Design: This qualitative study employed purposive sampling to recruit participants. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore mental health nurses’ attitudes toward consumers with dual diagnosis. Setting: This study focused on mental health nurses employed in mental health settings. It placed a particular emphasis on mental health nurses who had experience in caring for consumers with dual diagnosis. Seventeen mental health nurses participated in the interview. Methods: Interviews were transcribed verbatim and coded using NVivo™ 12 Plus software. Thematic analysis was used to generate codes and themes inductively. Results: Three major themes with a total of eight sub-themes were identified: (1) satisfaction and connection, with three subthemes; (2) combating negativity in others, with two subthemes; and (3) working to improve outcomes, with three subthemes. Conclusions: Participants were concerned about their peers’ sense of fear and frustration, stigmatized language, and lack of consistency in providing dual diagnosis training for mental health nurses. There is a need to investigate effective strategies to address mental health nurses’ stigmatized attitudes, fear, and frustration toward consumers with dual diagnosis. © 2024 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Relation
- Issues in Mental Health Nursing Vol. 45, no. 1 (2024), p. 27-36
- Rights
- All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is freely available under a CC0 licence
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Rights
- Copyright © 2024 The Author(s)
- Rights
- Open Access
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Funder
- Roopalal Anandan was supported by the Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Stipend and RTP Fee-Offset Scholarship through Federation University Australia.
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