title: Effect of simulation gaming on attitudes toward mental illness.
abstract: Sixty nursing students were administered the Opinions about Mental Illness (OMI) scale. Students whose scores fell above the median on authoritarianism and social restrictiveness were randomly assigned to experimental and control groups. The experimental subjects' scores on authoritarianism and social restrictiveness decreased significantly (p greater than .001), wheras the control  groups' scores on these two factors remained essentially the same.
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012381:Role Playing; D013338:Students, Nursing