Two thirds of Britons think that society treats people with mental health illnesses more negatively than people with physical illnesses (69%). 15% think they are treated more positively, while 13% think both are treated about the same.
Q: Thinking about the way people with mental health illnesses are treated by society, generally speaking, do you think that most people in Britain judge people with mental health illnesses more positively or negatively than those with physical illnesses?
More positively - 15%
More negatively - 69%
About the same - 13%
Don't know - 2%
Base: GB adults (n=1,002)