Survey Says Stigma Of Mental Illness Has Declined.

HealthDay (5/6, Dotinga) reported that, according to an online survey commissioned by the American Psychiatric Association and conducted by Harris Interactive, "more than a third of Americans polled believe that the stigma of mental illness has declined and they attribute the change largely to openness by friends, family members, and public figures about their own conditions." Nearly "80 percent of those polled said that such openness on the part of family and friends had had at least a moderate impact on the stigma of mental illness," the survey of "2,285 adults aged 18 and older" found.