title: Challenging misconceptions about mental health nursing.
abstract: There is continuing stigma surrounding mental ill health and mental health nursing. This article examines perceptions of mental health nurses and outlines how one university is working to challenge stigma in the field.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Midwifery, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.
authors.forename: Inga
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Heyman
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012944:Social Support; D013240:Stereotyping