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Published Online: August 1969

Are Popular Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill Changing?

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

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The authors compared the current attitude toward the mentally ill in a rural Canadian town with findings from a similar town in 1951. While noting a possible trend toward greater knowledge of mental illness and sophistication about it, they caution that attitudes expressed during an interview may not reflect actual behavior toward the mentally ill.

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Pages: 261 - 265
PubMed: 5804815

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Published in print: August 1969
Published online: 1 April 2006

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Graduate student in sociology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 06520
Associate commissioner for manpower and training, New York State Department of Mental Hygiene

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