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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 126, No. 2

Articles | August 01, 1969

Are Popular Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill Changing?

IRVING ROOTMAN; HUGH G. LAFAVE

Am J Psychiatry 1969;126:261-265.

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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

1970, American Psychiatric Association

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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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