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Well? What do you think? — a national Scottish survey of public attitudes to mental health, well being and mental health problems
Author(s)	Richard Glendinning, Tim Buchanan, Nickie Rose
Corporate Author	NOP Social and Political; Analytical Services Division, Scottish Executive Social Research
Publisher	Scottish Executive Social Research, Edinburgh, 2002
Pages	108 pp
Source	The Stationery Office, 71 Lothian Road, Edinburgh EH3 9AZ. www.scotland.gsi.gov.uk/cru
Keywords	Mental health [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; Well being ; Mental disorder ; Attitude ; Social surveys ; Scotland.
Annotation	Mental health is one of three clinical priority areas for the NHS in Scotland; mental health problems are likely to affect one in five Scots in any one year. This survey is based on a random sample of 1381 interviews with a representative sample of adults across Scotland. It investigated people's understanding of mental health and well-being; examined where and how people acquire information about mental health issues; assessed people's perceptions of mental health problems, including the stereotypes and myths surrounding mental illness; and measured the extent to which previous direct experience of mental health problems is related to people's attitudes towards, and perceptions of, mental health problems. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030109001 B
Classmark	D: CC: D:F:5HH: E: DP: 3F: 9A
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