In Russia there was also the least number who cited fears of eugenics as a reason not to allow genetic screening. There were some extra questions about disease in the Russian survey that were not in the general survey. The history of mental disease classification and misuse of psychiatry is well known, and schizophrenia is the most familiar to the Russians. Depression was cited less frequently, however, part of this response may be because these first three were given on the questionnaire in Russia. The feelings about people suffering from these diseases were also asked.
Alcoholism is a major problem in Russia, that is why it was included.
The results for the diseases asked in Russia are in Table 1. Similar to people with mental disease, most respondents expressed compassion and sympathy for persons with hemophilia. The feelings about people with AIDS are shown in Table 1. The respondents in Russia actually seemed more sympathetic than in the other countries in the survey. As shown in Figure 1, respondents also expressed extreme feelings towards an AIDS infected friend or spouse.