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Crying Shame of Stigma
Positive perceptions Unusually, the Priory Group's research showed that 65% of the sample describe people with a mental illness as intelligent and 63% as kind, while 76% said that they did not think mental illness was the result of some type of personal weakness.
'Psychiatric patients are scared, and scarred, by their diagnoses,' says Dr. Bijlani. 'They are usually terrified at their initial consultation and feel that they are blamed for their illness in a way that other patients, say those who require orthopaedic surgery, are not. We hope that this new report will raise widespread awareness of the shocking stigma that still surrounds mental illness and encourage people to be more accepting of sufferers. Stigma is borne out of fear and ignorance. Stigma is created, not inherent, and it can and must be eradicated.' (i) Notes to Editors: - GfK NOP Omnibus carried out a survey of 998 adults aged 16 years and over using a quota sample. The sample was designed to be representative of all adults in the United Kingdom The sample was weighted to bring it into line with national population profiles.
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