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The Community's Tolerance of the Mentally Ill

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Ian F. Brockington ,
Peter Hall ,
Jenny Levings  and
Christopher Murphy
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Abstract

A survey of attitudes to mental illness was conducted in a quota sample of about 2000 subjects in Malvern and Bromsgrove. Factor analysis showed three main components – benevolence, authoritarianism, and fear of the mentally ill. Residents of Bromsgrove, which is served by a traditional mental hospital, were slightly more tolerant than those living in Malvern, which has a community-based service, and has seen the closure of two mental hospitals in its vicinity during the last 10 years. The main demographic determinants of tolerance are age, education, occupation, and acquaintance with the mentally ill.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 162 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 93 - 99
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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