This statistic displays the share of prejudices and exclusions regarding mental health in England in 2014, by level of agreement. The majority of respondents, 79 percent strongly disagree that people with mental illness don't deserve our sympathy.
Attitudes to prejudice and exclusion regarding mental health in England in 2014, by level of agreement
Characteristic
Agree strongly
Tend to agree
Neither agree not disagree
Tend to disagree
Strongly disagree
People with mental illness don’t deserve our sympathy
2%
2%
6%
8%
79%
It is frightening to think of people with mental problems living in residential neighbourhoods
2%
7%
20%
17%
49%
I would not want to live next door to someone who has been mentally ill
2%
6%
23%
14%
48%
People with mental health problems should not be given any responsibility
2%
5%
23%
30%
34%
There is something about people with mental illness that makes it easy to tell them from normal people
3%
12%
19%
22%
37%
One of the main causes of mental illness is a lack of self-discipline and will-power
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Health and Social Care Information Centre. (December 16, 2015). Attitudes to prejudice and exclusion regarding mental health in England in 2014, by level of agreement [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/503091/mental-health-prejudice-exclusion-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Attitudes to prejudice and exclusion regarding mental health in England in 2014, by level of agreement." Chart. December 16, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/503091/mental-health-prejudice-exclusion-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. (2015). Attitudes to prejudice and exclusion regarding mental health in England in 2014, by level of agreement. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/503091/mental-health-prejudice-exclusion-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre. "Attitudes to Prejudice and Exclusion regarding Mental Health in England in 2014, by Level of Agreement." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Dec 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/503091/mental-health-prejudice-exclusion-england/
Health and Social Care Information Centre, Attitudes to prejudice and exclusion regarding mental health in England in 2014, by level of agreement Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/503091/mental-health-prejudice-exclusion-england/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Attitudes to prejudice and exclusion regarding mental health in England in 2014, by level of agreement [Graph], Health and Social Care Information Centre, December 16, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/503091/mental-health-prejudice-exclusion-england/
