The topic of this thesis is "Attitudes of the population of the city of Dubrovnik about patients with mental disorders". The paper presents the incidence of mental and psychological disorders in the world and in Croatia. The meaning of psychological disorders, the concept of stigmatization and self-stigmatization is explained. The aim of this work was to examine the attitudes of the population of the City of Dubrovnik about patients with mental disorders. Filling in the questionnaire began with informed consent. The respondents were adults, IT literate persons. The total number of respondents was 239. A scale was used to measure community attitudes towards mental illnesses - the CAMI questionnaire. Two hypotheses were put forward. The first is related to gender. It was assumed that women have a more positive attitude compared to men. The second hypothesis related to professional education. It was assumed that people with a lower professional education will have more negative attitudes than people with a higher professional education. For the purpose of further calculation of attitudes towards mental disorders, the particles are grouped into four sub-factors called authoritarianism, benevolence, social restrictions and attitudes or ideology of the community towards mental health. The data analysis determined that each of the mentioned sub-factors has a medium value, therefore the residents of the City of Dubrovnik show a moderate level of stigmatization. Differences with regard to gender in the attitudes or ideology of the community towards mental health were determined, where men had more positive attitudes than women. The first hypothesis was completely rejected. Further analysis of the data revealed differences between different levels of education, so this hypothesis was partially confirmed. Regardless of the fact that the research did not reach the result that the general population strictly stigmatizes people suffering from mental disorders, we came to the conclusion that they do stigmatize moderately. Regardless of the above, it is necessary to implement anti-stigmatization programs, to educate the population with professional, valid and reliable information in order to encourage them to provide an environment that supports and does not degrade people who need help.