<ns4:p>Background Gender bias in the comprehension and management of violent behaviour mental health settings remains a contentious issue. Aims This study examines how gender-related verbal aggressiveness influences clinical judgment decision-making processes professionals (MHPs). Methods Four vignettes depicting confrontations between MHPs service users were created, varying by user’s gender whether aggression was related. Within an experimental design, total 110 randomly assigned to...

Abstract The facilitator’s training for peer support workers in mental health course was a recovery‐based initiative addressed to professionalize Catalonia, Spain. Our aim elicit participants’ motivations, significant learnings, and opinions regarding the programme. A qualitative approach used through content thematic analyses of contents participation narratives. motivations attend were helping others, learning, supporting implementation profession. Participants learnt concepts on pedagogy,...

The aim of this study was to analyze the influence verbal aggressiveness related gender on mental health professionals’ (MHP) decision making. Four vignettes in which there a confrontation between an MHP, and service user were constructed. only varied user’s (man/woman) type (related MHP or not). Participants 110 MHPs randomly assigned one two clinical opposite gender. experimental condition had effect judgement, more pronounced male professionals, although no overall differences found....