Table 3 Percentages of respondents naming types of help as being the best for the person described in the vignette.
Depression Vignette | Schizophrenia Vignette | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 18–24 n = 96 | 25–39 n = 293 | 40–54 n = 250 | 55–69 n = 213 | 70+ n = 149 | 18–24 n = 102 | 25–39 n = 246 | 40–54 n = 296 | 55–69 n = 215 | 70+ n = 138 |
Friends/Family | 35.6 | 23.6 | 23.1 | 18.4 | 14.9 | 38.0 | 23.9 | 18.7 | 15.3 | 18.2 |
GP | 51.4 | 57.4 | 58.2 | 53.5 | 58.4 | 22.4 | 34.1 | 36.1 | 34.5 | 24.7 |
Psychiatrist | 16.9 | 9.2 | 10.7 | 14.3 | 21.4 | 29.0 | 29.8 | 33.8 | 34.8 | 31.0 |
Medication | 6.8 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 7.0 | 10.9 |
Counselling | 35.4 | 30.0 | 33.3 | 19.8 | 13.7 | 35.2 | 33.3 | 29.1 | 23.8 | 15.1 |
Other | 34.5 | 40.4 | 37.7 | 39.9 | 32.4 | 34.9 | 40.3 | 39.8 | 45.2 | 37.8 |
Don't know | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 3.4 | 4.5 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 3.9 |