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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.126.2.261

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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