This is a descriptive-cross sectional that evaluated the attitude of nursing students about psychiatric patients in Hamadan.

Samples was 178 nursing students of Hamadan nursing school. Data was gathered through a questionnaire which filled out by nursing students. The questionnaire contains two parts: A-Demographic information (5 items), B-Attitude of nursing students (26 items). Statistical analysis was performed by descriptive and inferential statistics.

Outcome showed that 71.35% of students have positive and 28.56% of them have negative attitude. Correlations between demographic information and attitude were calculated, but no significant correlation were found.