Table 1 Broad Acceptance Scale and Personal Acceptance Scale questions

^b People with mental illness are a public nuisance

^b Are you afraid of people with mental illness?

^b Anyone with mental illness should not be given any responsibility

^b Would you object to having mentally ill people living in your neighborhood?

^b People with mental illness are a burden on society

Would you be willing to work with someone with a mental illness?

People with mental health problems should have the same rights to a job as anyone else

Would you invite someone into your home if you knew they suffered from mental illness?

We have a responsibility to provide the best possible care for people with mental illness

^b Would you not want to live next door to someone who has been mentally ill?

^b Increased spending on mental health services is a waste of money

^b It is frightening to think of people with mental problems being neighbors

We need to adopt a far more tolerant attitude toward people with mental illness in our society

Would you have casual conversations with neighbors who had suffered from mental illness?

Less emphasis should be placed on protecting the public from people with mental illness

Most women who were once patients in a mental hospital can be trusted to watch my child

^b Anyone with a history of mental problems should be excluded from taking public office

^b Would you avoid conversations with neighbors who had suffered from mental illness?

People with mental illness can work in regular jobs