[Methods] A self-report questionnaire was used to compare public attitudes for mental patients between Bali and Tokyo. For the first part, the stigma measure was used to compare the extend to which respondents believes that the most people would devalue or discriminated against a person with a history of psychiatric treatment. The second part consisted of 5 brief vignettes describing imaginary persons with mental disorders. Subjects were asked to answer how they would think about the persons in the vignettes.

[Result] On study of the stigma measure, Balinese subjects had significantly lower score than those in Tokyo (p<0.01), indicating more positive attitude toward persons with a history with psychiatric treatment. On the part of the vignettes, Balinese subjects perceived mental patients less abnormal (p<0.01), kept less social distance from them (p<0.01), estimated higher possibility to suffer from the mental disorders themselves than those in Tokyo (p<0.05). If the subjects have mental patients in their family, Balinese tended to make it known to the public (p<0.01). Balinese expressed their higher agreement with the thought that the persons with mentally ill are able to return to their society than those in Tokyo (p<0.01). The feeling of pity for the patients was higher in Bali (p<0.01).