Posted 17 Jun 2009 - 10:55 by root
People are broadly sympathetic towards people with a mental illness with changing attitudes reflecting greater tolerance and an opinion change to the rights to participating in the workforce according to the latest national statistics on Attitudes to Mental Illness produced by the Department of Health (UK) released on 12 June 2009.
These are the results of the annual survey that serves as a benchmark, enabling measurement of whether attitudes are improving or worsening over time in the UK. The Department of Health there placed a set of questions on TNS's Face-to-Face Consumer Omnibus about public attitudes towards mental illness. From 1993 to 1997 the questions were asked on an annual basis and then every third year up until 2003. The questionnaire included a number of statements about mental illness. Respondents were asked to indicate how much they agreed or disagreed with each statement.
Read more about the outcomes of this latest poll Attitudes to mental illness 2009 research report : Department of Health - Publications.
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