Mental health programs are designed to prepare teenagers in medical training to learn the better ways of relating with mentally health patients. The aim of this research is to analyse the response of teens in medical training towards mentally ill patients. This research was done among the nursing students of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki Nigeria, during their medical training in federal neuropsychiatric hospital Enugu. A sample size of 54 respondents were used. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. Test retest statistics was used to establish internal consistency which gave a reliability of 0.897. Data was analyzed manually using calculator and presented in frequency, table, mean and standard deviation. The result of this research revealed that 30(56%) of the respondents understands a mentally ill patient to be someone who lacks insight, has excessive fears and worries, extreme mood changes, withdrawn from friends and activities. 22(41%) respondents feel that mentally ill patients are dangerous and can kill or injure someone at any time. 24(44%) respondents feel anxious and scared relating with them. 22(41%) respondents are friendly with mentally ill patients. 20(37%) of the respondents agreed that they feel free and happy relating with the patients, 28 (51.9%) agreed that it wasn’t difficult for them to initiate a conversation with the patients, 27(50%) agreed that senior nurses helped them to relate well with the patients, while 26(48%) agreed that the teachings from the lecturers and senior nurses helped them to relate well with the patients. Most of the respondents, 50 (92%) of them agreed that the program exposure modified their behavior positively. The Researcher therefore recommends that this program should be a mandatory program for medical schools both in universities and colleges.