article · BMC Nursing
Internship nursing students generally display low stigma and positive attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help. More than three-fifths of surveyed students report no personal stigma regarding psychological support, and the vast majority maintain a positive disposition towards obtaining professional mental health care. Despite these receptive attitudes, serious obstacles to access remain. The majority of these students identify financial constraints, specifically the high expense associated with therapy, as the primary barrier preventing them from accessing professional psychological services. These findings demonstrate that willingness to engage with mental health support does not ensure access when services remain unaffordable, underlining an urgent requirement to develop and provide cost-effective mental health interventions tailored to student healthcare professionals during their training periods.
Even when trainee healthcare professionals hold positive attitudes and do not feel stigmatised regarding mental health care, practical hurdles can block treatment. Identifying high therapy costs as the primary obstacle shows that improving access requires economic interventions rather than merely focusing on awareness campaigns, ensuring that frontline trainees receive necessary psychological support.
The findings point to potential demand for low-cost mental health services, digital therapy platforms, or subsidised institutional wellbeing programmes tailored to trainee healthcare workers. However, the abstract does not indicate a specific application pathway or commercial readiness level.
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This study concluded that more than three-fifths of internship nursing students hadn't stigma towards seeking professional psychological help while the vast majority had a positive attitude towards seeking professional psychological help. However, the majority of students reported that financial barriers, specifically the high cost of therapy, prevent them from seeking psychological help. This highlights the need for more affordable mental health services for this population.
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DOI: 10.1186/s12912-024-01910-3
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