In support of the construct validity of the Client Attitude Questionnaire, 16 psychologists and 25 social workers reported attitudes more characteristic of the controversial psychosocial position about “mental illness” than 20 psychiatrists, 23 psychiatric nurses, or 40 previously hospitalized psychiatric outpatients.
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