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Table 2 Best form of help – responses to open-ended question

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

 

A Cases with contact N = 125

B Cases without contact N = 105

C Mentally healthy N = 128

p-value

 

(%)

(%)

(%)

 

Counselling

34.4

34.3

35.9

n.s.

Help from family or close friend

11.2

24.8

24.2

B>A, p = 0.007

C>A, p = 0.007

See a doctor (GP)

20.8

9.5

6.3

A>B, p = 0.019

A>C, p = 0.001

Work related intervention

15.2

13.3

17.2

n.s.

Anna/Magnus must first recognise the problem

7.2

5.7

3.9

n.s.

See a psychiatrist

2.4

1.9

0.8

n.s

Take medication

4.0

1.0

0

n.s.

Something else

3.2

6.7

8.6

n.s.

Don't know

3.2

1.0

3.1

n.s.