title: Nepalese pharmacy students' perceptions regarding mental disorders and pharmacy education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine Nepalese pharmacy students' perceptions of whether mental disorders impact performance in pharmacy school.
  
  
  METHODS
  All first- and third-year undergraduate pharmacy students (n=226) in Nepal were invited to complete a modified version of the Mental Illness Performance Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the 200 respondents (response rate 88.5%), 14% reported that they had a mental disorder. The majority (92%) of third-year students agreed or strongly agreed that depression would interfere with a student's academic performance. Almost half of first-year students agreed or strongly agreed that alcohol or drug abuse would be grounds for both rejecting an applicant from pharmacy school (49%) and dismissal of a student from pharmacy school (46%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students perceived a high level of academic impairment associated with mental disorders, but the majority did not perceive that mental disorders were grounds for dismissal from or rejection of entry to pharmacy school. Students' attitudes may discourage them from seeking help or providing mental health support to others.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacy, Kathmandu University, Nepal.
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panthee
authors.forename: Bimala
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Panthee
authors.forename: Sabin Raj
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Shakya
authors.forename: Nirmal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Panthee
authors.forename: Dhaka Ram
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.forename: J Simon
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004512:Education, Pharmacy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D009390:Nepal; D013339:Students, Pharmacy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
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