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Table 3 Percentage of respondents who rated listed interventions as helpful.

From: Mental health literacy and attitudes in a Swedish community sample – Investigating the role of personal experience of mental health care

Type of intervention

A Cases with contact N = 125

B Cases without contact N = 105

C Mentally healthy N = 128

p-value

People who could help

(%)

(%)

(%)

 

GP/family doctor

60.0

49.5

52.3

n.s.

Psychiatrist

68.8

61.0

63.3

n.s.

Psychologist

77.6

73.3

75.0

n.s.

Close family/friends

76.8

90.5

84.4

B>A

p = 0.006

Naturopath/herbalist

33.9

33.3

41.4

n.s.

Clergy

32.0

42.9

41.4

n.s.

Anna/Magnus tries to deal with problems on her/his own

63.2

66.7

64.8

n.s.

Medications

    

Vitamins and minerals

52.8

54.3

53.9

n.s.

Pain relievers

5.6

4.8

3.9

n.s.

Antibiotics

0.8

2.9

3.9

n.s.

Antidepressants

74.4%

47.6

50.8

A>B, p < 0.001

A>C, p < 0.001

Sleeping pills

56.8

38.1

39.8

A>B, p = 0.005

A>C; p = 0.007

Tranquilisers

31.5

24.8

24.2

n.s

Activities/therapies

    

Becoming more physically active

77.6

84.8

81.3

n.s.

Self-help books

72.0

58.1

58.6

n.s.

Getting out and about more

58.4

68.6

64.1

n.s.

Relaxation, stress management, meditation, yoga

89.6

88.6

94.5

n.s.

Cutting out alcohol all together

66.1

61.9

65.6

n.s.

Psychotherapy

80.8

73.3

72.7

n.s.

Hypnosis

19.2

16.2

9.4

n.s.

Admission to a psychiatric ward of a hospital

20.0

6.7

14.1

A>B, p = 0.004

Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

7.2

1.9

3.9

n.s.

Having an occasional drink to relax

4.8

2.9

5.5

n.s.

A special diet or avoiding certain food

24.0

27.6

19.7

n.s.