COMMUNITY CARE NEEDS A COMMUNITY THAT CARES - PUBLIC-ATTITUDES TOWARDS MENTAL-HEALTH-CARE AND MENTALLY-ILL

Since community mental health care started public attitudes towards me ntally ill and mental health care had been development to an important influencing factor in planning mental health care and in rehabilitati on of patients. This paper describes the historical development of res earch in public attitudes in psychiatry, which started with deinstitut ionalization. It discusses the interaction between types and quality o f mental health care and public opinions or attitudes towards the care of mentally ill patients, considering own empirical results.