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Young less tolerant of mentally ill than the old

BMJPublished 23 October 1999
Gavin Yamey
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TL;DR

A survey of public attitudes in Britain, conducted by the Royal College of Psychiatrists as part of its Changing Minds campaign against stigma, shows that stigmatising opinions about mental illness are more common among young people than older people.

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Social SciencesHealth Professions