Table 3 Percentage (95% CI) of respondents rating each type of person as "helpful" for the person described in the vignette
From: Public beliefs about treatment and outcome of mental disorders: a comparison of Australia and Japan
Person | Country | Depression Vignette | Depression/Suicidal Vignette | Early Schizophrenia Vignette | Chronic Schizophrenia Vignette |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GP | Australia | 87.3 (84.0–90.0) | 84.1 (80.8–87.0) | 76.7 (72.8–80.2) | 76.3 (72.1–80.0) |
|  | Japan | 30.4 (26.4–34.4) | 26.0 (22.1–29.9) | 19.0 (15.5–22.5) | 22.8 (19.1–26.5) |
Pharmacist | Australia | 35.4 (31.3–39.6) | 33.2 (29.1–37.6) | 23.6 (20.0–27.6) | 28.1 (24.1–32.5) |
|  | Japan | 6.8 (4.6–9.0) | 6.6 (4.4–8.8) | 4.2 (2.4–6.0) | 4.2 (2.4–6.0) |
Counselor | Australia | 82.2 (78.6–85.4) | 85.5 (82.1–88.3) | 85.0 (81.8–87.8) | 83.1 (79.5–86.1) |
|  | Japan | 85.8 (82.7–88.9) | 87.6 (84.7–90.5) | 87.0 (84.0–90.0) | 88.6 (85.8–91.4) |
Social worker | Australia | 62.8 (58.3–67.0) | 67.2 (62.8–71.4) | 68.4 (64.0–72.5) | 79.1 (74.8–82.8) |
|  | Japan | 73.4 (69.5–77.3) | 70.2 (66.2–74.2) | 68.4 (64.3–72.5) | 75.2 (71.4–79.0) |
Phone counseling | Australia | 63.5 (59.0–67.9) | 66.2 (61.8–70.4) | 56.6 (52.4–60.7) | 47.5 (43.0–52.1) |
|  | Japan | 42.4 (38.1–46.7) | 49.8 (45.4–54.2) | 35.6 (31.4–39.8) | 29.6 (25.6–33.6) |
Psychiatrist | Australia | 65.0 (60.8–69.0) | 71.3 (67.1–75.1) | 80.5 (76.5–84.0) | 80.2 (76.4–83.5) |
|  | Japan | 69.4 (65.3–73.5) | 72.4 (68.5–76.3) | 73.0 (69.1–76.9) | 79.0 (75.4–82.6) |
Psychologist | Australia | 66.9 (62.5–71.1) | 69.7 (65.2–73.8) | 73.6 (69.4–77.4) | 74.9 (70.8–78.6) |
|  | Japan | 56.6 (52.2–61.0) | 51.2 (46.8–55.6) | 56.2 (51.8–60.6) | 65.2 (61.0–69.4) |
Close family | Australia | 67.9 (63.1–72.3) | 64.8 (60.1–69.2) | 62.7 (58.4–66.8) | 61.4 (56.2–66.3) |
|  | Japan | 85.0 (81.9–88.1) | 84.2 (81.0–87.4) | 76.8 (73.1–80.5) | 80.4 (76.9–83.9) |
Close friends | Australia | 78.2 (74.1–81.7) | 77.1 (73.2–80.5) | 73.0 (68.9–76.7) | 72.0 (67.5–76.1) |
|  | Japan | 84.8 (81.6–88.0) | 83.2 (79.9–86.5) | 70.4 (66.4–74.4) | 70.2 (66.2–74.2) |
Naturopath/herbalist | Australia | 34.9 (30.8–39.3) | 31.8 (27.5–36.5) | 23.7 (20.2–27.7) | 19.4 (16.3–22.9) |
|  | Japan | 11.2 (8.4–14.0) | 14.8 (11.7–17.9) | 8.4 (6.0–10.8) | 9.0 (6.5–11.5) |
Clergy | Australia | 45.3 (41.0–49.7) | 51.7 (47.3–56.0) | 37.2 (33.1–41.4) | 42.9 (38.3–47.7) |
|  | Japan | 13.6 (10.6–16.6) | 20.0 (16.5–23.5) | 11.6 (8.8–14.4) | 16.2 (13.0–19.4) |
Deal with it alone | Australia | 13.1 (10.1–16.8) | 9.7 (7.0–13.2) | 11.4 (8.4–15.3) | 11.8 (8.9–15.6) |
|  | Japan | 24.4 (20.6–28.2) | 20.4 (16.9–23.9) | 22.4 (18.7–26.1) | 21.4 (17.8–25.0) |