Attitudes of Mental Patients and Mental Health Professionals about Mental Illness
- 1 April 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 38 (2) , 565-566
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1976.38.2.565
Abstract
In support of the construct validity of the Client Attitude Questionnaire, 16 psychologists and 25 social workers reported attitudes more characteristic of the controversial psychosocial position about “mental illness” than 20 psychiatrists, 23 psychiatric nurses, or 40 previously hospitalized psychiatric outpatients.Keywords
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