Table 4 Means (and SDs) of first aid responses for each vignette
First aid responses | Depression | Early schizophrenia | Depression with suicidal thoughts | Chronic schizophrenia | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 | T1 | T2 |
A ssess risk of suicide or harm | 0.02 (0.19) | 0.79*** (0.89) | 0.02 (0.19) | 0.71*** (0.82) | 0.29 (0.71) | 1.16*** (0.86) | 0.04 (0.20) | 0.67*** (0.75) |
L isten non-judgmentally | 0.60 (0.64) | 1.25*** (0.70) | 0.47 (0.65) | .1.15*** (0.75) | 0.53 (0.62) | 0.99 *** (0.74) | 0.32 (0.59) | 0.98*** (0.77) |
G ive reassurance and information | 0.25 (0.45) | 0.98*** (0.81) | 0.20 (0.42) | 0.88*** (0.77) | 0.28 (0.49) | .0.80*** (0.79) | 0.15 (0.39) | 0.69*** (0.72) |
E ncourage the person to get appropriate professional help | 1.12 (0.94) | 1.22 (0.71) | 1.34 (0.88) | 1.27 (0.66) | 1.25 (0.87) | 1.20 (0.69) | 1.38 (0.80) | 1.23 (0.61) |
E ncourage self-help strategies | 0.16 (0.42) | 0.77*** (0.64) | 0.22 (0.50) | 0.55*** (0.61) | 0.21 (0.46) | 0.54*** (0.59) | 0.16 (0.44) | .0.40** (0.51) |
ALGEE (Total) | 2.15 (1.11) | 5.02*** (2.47) | 2.25 (1.04) | 4.55*** (2.32) | 2.56 (1.41) | 4.69*** (2.30) | 2.04 (1.15) | 3.96*** (2.26) |