1. I am more comfortable helping a person who has a physical illness than I am helping a person who has a mental illness. | .514 ** |
2. If a person with a mental illness complains of physical symptoms (e.g. nausea, back pain or headache), I would likely attribute this to their mental illness. | .422** |
3. If a colleague with whom I work told me they had a managed mental illness, I would be as willing to work with him/her. | -.072 * |
4. If I were under treatment for a mental illness I would not disclose this to any of my colleagues. | .426** |
5. I would be more inclined to seek help for a mental illness if my treating healthcare provider was not associated with my workplace. | .350** |
6. I would see myself as weak if I had a mental illness and could not fix it myself. | .572** |
7. I would be reluctant to seek help if I had a mental illness. | .516** |
8. Employers should hire a person with a managed mental illness if he/she is the best person for the job. | -.016 |
9. I would still go to a physician if I knew that the physician had been treated for a mental illness. | -.078 * |
10. If I had a mental illness, I would tell my friends. | -.205** |
11. It is the responsibility of health care providers to inspire hope in people with mental illness. | .011 |
12. Despite my professional beliefs, I have negative reactions towards people who have mental illness. | .475** |
13. There is little I can do to help people with mental illness. | .466** |
14. More than half of people with mental illness don’t try hard enough to get better. | .407** |
15. People with mental illness seldom pose a risk to the public. | -.072 * |
16. The best treatment for mental illness is medication. | .232** |
17. I would not want a person with a mental illness, even if it were appropriately managed, to work with children. | .317** |
18. Healthcare providers do not need to be advocates for people with mental illness. | .289** |
19. I would not mind if a person with a mental illness lived next door to me. | -.129 ** |
20. I struggle to feel compassion for a person with a mental illness. | .400** |