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Table 1 Personal disagreement with stigmatising attitudes about depression pre- and post-training

From: Youth mental health first aid: a description of the program and an initial evaluation

  

Percentage 'disagree'/'strongly disagree'

 
 

n

Pre-training %

Post-training %

p-value

People with problems like Jenny could snap out of it if they wanted to

218

88.1

94.5

0.007

A problem like Jenny's is a sign of personal weakness.

219

94.1

98.2

0.026

Jenny's problem is not a real medical illness.

219

90.9

95.0

0.108

People with a problem like Jenny's are dangerous.

218

65.1

75.7

0.004

It is best to avoid people with a problem like Jenny's so that you don't develop this problem.

219

99.1

99.5

1.0

People with a problem like Jenny's are unpredictable.

219

35.2

52.1

<0.001

If I had a problem like Jenny's, I would not tell anyone.

218

72.9

78.4

0.119