Working in the mental health field is just as respectable as other fields of health and social care.

If I had a mental illness, 
I would never admit this to my friends because I would fear being treated differently

People with a severe mental illness are dangerous more often than not.

Health/social care staffs know more about the lives of people treated for a mental illness than do family members or friends.

If I had a mental illness, 
I would never admit this
to my colleagues for fear of being treated differently.

Being a health/social care professional in the area
of mental health is not like being a real health/social care professional

If a senior colleague instructed me to treat people with a mental illness in a disrespectful manner, I would not follow them

I feel as comfortable talking to a person with a mental illness as I do talking to a person with a physical illness.

It is important that any health/social care professional supporting a person with
a mental illness also ensures that

The public does not need to be protected from people with a severe mental illness.

If a person with a mental illness complained of physical symptoms (such as chest pain), I would attribute it to their mental illness.

General practitioners should not be expected to complete a thorough assessment for people with psychiatric symptoms

I would use the terms “crazy”, “nutter”, “mad” etc. to describe to colleagues people with
a mental illness who I have

If a colleague told me they had a mental illness, I would still want to work with them.