Table 3 Prevalence of attitudes toward...

Table 3

Prevalence of attitudes toward mental illness

SF-CAMI questionnaire item	Strongly agreed/Agreed (%)	Neutral (%)	Strongly disagree/ Disagree (%)
Benevolence
6. It is best not to have any contact with a person who has mental problems	9.9	22.0	68.0
7. The mentally ill don’t deserve our sympathy	8.8	16.8	74.4
15. The best way to handle the mentally ill is to keep them behind locked doors	1.8	5.2	93.0
19. There have been sufficient existing facilities of mental health services	9.7	26.1	64.2
20. Increased spending on mental health services is a waste	2.6	12.0	85.3
Fear and exclusion
3. The mentally ill are far less of a danger than most people imagine	68.8	19.4	11.8
9. It is frightening whenever to think of people with mental problems living nearby	24.2	37.7	38.1
10. I would not want to have a neighbor who has been mentally ill	27.2	49.8	23.0
11. The mentally ill should not be isolated from the rest of the community	51.9	25.3	22.8
13. The most effective therapy for many mental patients is to let them go back to a normal community	76.8	16.3	6.9
14. Mental patients need the same kind of control and discipline as a young child	44.7	32.0	23.3
16. Mental health facilities should be kept out of residential neighborhoods	27.5	42.3	30.2
17. Residents have nothing to fear from people coming into their neighborhood to obtain mental health services	70.4	22.4	7.3
Support and tolerance
1. There should not be any over-emphasis that the mentally ill endanger the public	65.3	22.3	12.4
2. The situation that mentally ill have for too long been the subject of ridicule should be put to an end	81.4	11.0	7.7
4. Virtually anyone can become mentally ill	82.7	10.0	7.3
5. A woman would be very unwise to marry a man who has suffered from mental illness, even though he seems to have regained normality	14.4	42.7	43.0
8. Most women who were once patients in a mental hospital can be trusted to take care of babies	28.2	44.3	27.4
12. The mentally ill should not be treated as if they are outcasts of society	70.5	12.3	17.2
18. Residents should accept the location of mental health institutions in their neighborhood to serve the needs of the residents	60.4	31.1	8.4

SF-CAMI questionnaire item	Strongly agreed/Agreed (%)	Neutral (%)	Strongly disagree/ Disagree (%)
Benevolence
6. It is best not to have any contact with a person who has mental problems	9.9	22.0	68.0
7. The mentally ill don’t deserve our sympathy	8.8	16.8	74.4
15. The best way to handle the mentally ill is to keep them behind locked doors	1.8	5.2	93.0
19. There have been sufficient existing facilities of mental health services	9.7	26.1	64.2
20. Increased spending on mental health services is a waste	2.6	12.0	85.3
Fear and exclusion
3. The mentally ill are far less of a danger than most people imagine	68.8	19.4	11.8
9. It is frightening whenever to think of people with mental problems living nearby	24.2	37.7	38.1
10. I would not want to have a neighbor who has been mentally ill	27.2	49.8	23.0
11. The mentally ill should not be isolated from the rest of the community	51.9	25.3	22.8
13. The most effective therapy for many mental patients is to let them go back to a normal community	76.8	16.3	6.9
14. Mental patients need the same kind of control and discipline as a young child	44.7	32.0	23.3
16. Mental health facilities should be kept out of residential neighborhoods	27.5	42.3	30.2
17. Residents have nothing to fear from people coming into their neighborhood to obtain mental health services	70.4	22.4	7.3
Support and tolerance
1. There should not be any over-emphasis that the mentally ill endanger the public	65.3	22.3	12.4
2. The situation that mentally ill have for too long been the subject of ridicule should be put to an end	81.4	11.0	7.7
4. Virtually anyone can become mentally ill	82.7	10.0	7.3
5. A woman would be very unwise to marry a man who has suffered from mental illness, even though he seems to have regained normality	14.4	42.7	43.0
8. Most women who were once patients in a mental hospital can be trusted to take care of babies	28.2	44.3	27.4
12. The mentally ill should not be treated as if they are outcasts of society	70.5	12.3	17.2
18. Residents should accept the location of mental health institutions in their neighborhood to serve the needs of the residents	60.4	31.1	8.4

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