Attitudes toward mental patients

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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Tables -- PART I: MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS' ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL PATIENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Review of the literature -- 3. Instrument development -- 4. The samples -- 5. The rehabilitation scale -- 6. The semantic differentials: The mental patients I most (and least) enjoy working with -- 7. Other distinctions made among mental patients -- 8. Views on mental illness and on its treatment -- 9. Views on the vocational rehabilitation of former mental patients -- 10. Variables influencing attitudes of mental health workers -- 11. Recommendations for research and rehabilitation -- PART II: COMMUNITY ATTITUDES TOWARD MENTAL ILLNESS AND MENTAL PATIENTS -- 12. Introduction -- 13. The normative dimension -- 14. The affective-conative dimension -- 15. Consistency and inconsistency of attitudes -- 16. Clusters of acceptance and rejection -- 17. Education and attitudes -- 18. Occupation and attitudes -- 19. Perceived distinctions between nervous breakdown and mental illness -- 20. Recommendations for practical applications -- APPENDIX I: QUESTIONNAIRE FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD -- APPENDIX II: COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRE -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX OF NAMES -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS