Table 5 Percentage (95% CI) of respondents rating each type of intervention 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
Intervention | Country | Depression Vignette | Depression/Suicidal Vignette | Early Schizophrenia Vignette | Chronic Schizophrenia Vignette |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Physical activity | Australia | 92.0 (89.3–94.1) | 92.5 (89.9–94.4) | 87.4 (84.2–90.1) | 79.6 (75.6–83.1) |
|  | Japan | 69.4 (65.3–73.5) | 73.4 (69.5–77.3) | 73.4 (69.5–77.3) | 70.6 (66.6–74.6) |
Read about problem | Australia | 79.3 (75.3–82.8) | 79.8 (75.8–83.3) | 79.6 (75.5–83.1) | 74.7 (70.6–78.4) |
|  | Japan | 60.0 (55.7–64.3) | 59.4 (55.1–63.7) | 57.6 (53.3–61.9) | 46.8 (42.4–51.2) |
Get out more | Australia | 87.0 (83.8–89.7) | 90.3 (87.4–92.6) | 87.1 (83.8–89.8) | 76.5 (72.3–80.2) |
|  | Japan | 67.0 (62.9–71.1) | 72.0 (68.1–75.9) | 67.2 (63.1–71.3) | 61.6 (57.3–65.9) |
Learn relaxation | Australia | 83.6 (80.1–86.7) | 85.3 (81.8–88.2) | 77.1 (73.3–80.5) | 68.7 (64.4–72.8) |
|  | Japan | 38.2 (33.9–42.5) | 41.2 (36.9–45.5) | 26.2 (22.3–30.1) | 29.4 (25.4–33.4) |
Cut out alcohol | Australia | 56.0 (51.7–60.3) | 59.8 (55.3–64.1) | 66.1 (61.7–70.2) | 53.4 (48.7–58.0) |
|  | Japan | 10.0 (7.4–12.6) | 14.2 (11.1–17.3) | 18.6 (15.2–22.0) | 17.2 (13.9–20.5) |
Psychotherapy | Australia | 44.1 (39.7–48.5) | 50.4 (46.0–54.8) | 59.1 (54.5–63.6) | 62.3 (57.4–66.8) |
|  | Japan | 49.0 (44.6–53.4) | 48.2 (43.8–52.6) | 53.8 (49.4–58.2) | 67.0 (62.9–71.1) |
Hypnosis | Australia | 22.4 (18.8–26.5) | 23.9 (20.2–28.1) | 29.9 (25.9–34.3) | 30.9 (26.8–35.2) |
|  | Japan | 28.0 (24.1–31.9) | 28.8 (24.8–32.8) | 22.4 (18.7–26.1) | 33.2 (29.1–37.3) |
Psychiatric ward | Australia | 16.4 (13.2–20.2) | 20.2 (16.7–24.3) | 31.9 (27.8–36.4) | 37.8 (33.4–42.6) |
|  | Japan | 13.6 (10.6–16.6) | 12.0 (9.1–14.9) | 22.0 (18.4–25.6) | 30.0 (26.0–34.0) |
ECT | Australia | 5.9 (4.0–8.6) | 7.2 (4.9–10.4) | 6.4 (4.5–9.1) | 6.5 (4.4–9.4) |
|  | Japan | 2.2 (0.9–3.5) | 1.4 (0.4–2.4) | 1.4 (0.4–2.4) | 1.4 (0.4–2.4) |
Occasional drink | Australia | 44.4 (40.1–48.9) | 41.8 (37.1–46.5) | 31.1 (26.9–34.7) | 27.3 (23.1–31.9) |
|  | Japan | 31.4 (27.3–35.5) | 25.0 (21.2–28.8) | 15.2 (12.0–18.4) | 20.0 (16.5–23.5) |
Special diet | Australia | 48.3 (43.5–53.1) | 45.6 (41.0–50.3) | 42.1 (37.9–46.3) | 39.3 (35.0–43.9) |
|  | Japan | 5.6 (3.6–7.6) | 6.0 (3.9–8.1) | 4.4 (2.6–6.2) | 4.4 (2.6–6.2) |
Web site | Australia | 57.9 (53.8–61.9) | 55.1 (50.4–59.7) | 57.5 (53.0–61.8) | 44.1 (39.4–49.0) |
|  | Japan | 45.6 (41.2–50.0) | 45.8 (41.4–50.2) | 48.4 (44.0–52.8) | 47.0 (42.6–51.4) |
Expert via email | Australia | 53.8 (49.6–58.0) | 49.6 (44.9–54.3) | 55.4 (51.2–59.5) | 44.7 (40.1–49.5) |
|  | Japan | 54.0 (49.6–58.4) | 53.6 (49.2–58.0) | 56.8 (52.4–61.2) | 56.6 (52.2–61.0) |
Book | Australia | 69.1 (65.3–72.6) | 64.7 (60.0–69.1) | 70.5 (66.5–74.2) | 59.2 (54.3–63.9) |
|  | Japan | 54.0 (49.6–58.4) | 49.8 (45.4–54.2) | 57.4 (53.1–61.7) | 53.6 (49.2–58.0) |
Health educator | Australia | 86.7 (83.6–89.3) | 85.9 (82.3–88.8) | 86.2 (83.1–88.8) | 83.8 (79.7–87.2) |
|  | Japan | 55.2 (50.8–59.6) | 51.2 (46.8–55.6) | 46.6 (42.2–51.0) | 50.6 (46.2–55.0) |