A survey in 27 countries showed that 26% of the 732 people with schizophrenia interviewed reported experiencing unfair treatment in their personal security which included verbal or physical abuse attributed to having a mental health diagnosis. Furthermore, 29% reported having been unfairly treated in their neighbourhood (Thornicroft et al., 2009). Two of the themes in a qualitative analysis from the international study above were Mocked and Abused

 and these appeared in relation to neighbours, friends, family, intimate partners, in the workplace and educational settings, on public transport and in the criminal justice and mental health system (Rose et al., in press).