This survey study of 61 licensed psychologists in two Texas cities predicted a significant relationship between a Community Mental Health Inventory (CMHI) and nontraditional (NOT) attitudes toward mental illness. The scales were significantly correlated ( r--.34, p <. 01). Furthermore, high CMHI respondents differed significantly from lows on the NOT (F = 6.0, p<. 02). The CMHI-NOT common core revolved around notions of primary prevention, population focus, and social change. High CMHI Ss rejected traditional attitudes that the mentally ill "undercoped"," they also rejected mental illness stereotypes. Implications for training and treatment are discussed in terms of congruence between individual, institutional, ideological, and client orientations. 255 © 1 9 7 4 Plenum Publishing C o r p o r a t i o n , 227 West 17th Street, New Y o r k , N . Y . 1 0 0 1 1 . No part of this p u b l i c a t i o n may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or t r a n s m i t t e d , in a n y f o r m or by any means, electronic, mechanical, p h o t o c o p y i n g , m i c r o f i l m i n g , recording, or otherwise, w i t h o u t w r i t t e n permission of the publisher.