The assessment of depression awareness and help-seeking behaviour: experiences with the International Depression Literacy Survey

Table 12 Proportion of Australian students who agreed or strongly agreed with statements regarding people with severe depression (N = 298*)

People with depression...	2^nd Year Medical	4^th Year Medical	ANU	Chinese	2^nd vs 4^th Year Medical	ANU vs Chinese
	n = 70	n = 70	n = 30	n = 128	p value^a	p value^a
Are dangerous to others %	5	3	22	37	0.987	0.222
Are hard to talk to %	72	66	60	68	0.554	0.668
Are often artistic or creative people when they are well %	53	45	65	54	0.583	0.564
Are often very productive people when they are well %	94	90	80	55	0.690	0.068
Have themselves to blame %	6	1	7	48	0.362	< 0.001
Often make good employees when they are well %	93	90	77	60	0.843	0.316
Often perform poorly as parents %	51	45	42	53	0.650	0.460
Often try even harder to contribute to their families or work when they are well %	77	81	77	64	0.879	0.371
Shouldn't have children in case they pass on the illness %	0	1	0	39	1.000	< 0.001
Should pull themselves together %	16	18	23	41	0.975	0.143

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