Table 1 Percentages of professionals, youth and parents believing in the helpfulness of first aid strategies for various disorders
Group | Depression 15 years | Depression 21 years | Depression with alcohol misuse 15 years | Depression with alcohol misuse 21 years | Social phobia 15 years | Social phobia 21 years | Psychosis 15 years | Psychosis 21 years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Listen to problems in an understanding way | ||||||||
GPs | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 98.3 | 95.7 | 100.0 | 85.4 | 82.5 |
Psychiatrists | 100.0 | 95.3 | 100.0 | 98.8 | 100.0 | 91.8 | 90.9 | 88.5 |
Psychologists | 100.0 | 95.1 | 98.8 | 96.7 | 97.8 | 95.3 | 90.8 | 85.3 |
Nurses | 100.0 | 97.5 | 98.6 | 96.8 | 100.0 | 98.5 | 88.4 | 91.9 |
Youth | 95.9 | 96.8 | 94.1 | 97.0 | 95.4 | 97.0 | 96.5 | 96.2 |
Parents | 99.0 | 97.6 | 99.9 | 99.5 | 98.9 | 98.8 | 97.7 | 94.4 |
Talk to firmly about getting act together | ||||||||
GPs | 2.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
Psychiatrists | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
Psychologists | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.1 |
Nurses | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Youth | 37.0** | 29.5* | 48.8** | 35.6** | 28.9* | 25.0* | 39.4** | 30.3* |
Parents | 22.7* | 21.9* | 30.9* | 27.1* | 14.8 | 18.7* | 21.0* | 17.9 |
Suggest seek professional help | ||||||||
GPs | 90.3 | 98.5 | 86.2 | 95.0 | 71.7 | 82.0 | 93.8 | 89.5 |
Psychiatrists | 86.1 | 91.8 | 93.5 | 92.9 | 84.5 | 94.5 | 92.2 | 94.9 |
Psychologists | 74.0 | 89.1 | 77.9 | 92.3 | 81.7 | 88.2 | 83.9 | 83.2 |
Nurses | 76.3 | 84.8 | 87.8 | 92.1 | 71.4 | 88.2 | 76.7 | 83.6 |
Youth | 68.5 | 75.1 | 70.3 | 72.3* | 47.9* | 64.4* | 68.2* | 74.8 |
Parents | 73.3 | 84.4 | 72.8 | 85.2 | 66.3 | 74.9 | 77.9 | 81.1 |
Make an appointment for person to see GP | ||||||||
GPs | 76.4 | 77.9 | 87.9 | 85.0 | 84.8 | 69.5 | 91.7 | 89.5 |
Psychiatrists | 82.2 | 82.4 | 80.6 | 85.9 | 77.6 | 64.4 | 88.3 | 87.2 |
Psychologists | 70.8 | 61.8 | 64.0 | 56.0 | 45.7 | 47.0 | 77.0 | 78.7 |
Nurses | 77.6 | 75.6 | 82.4 | 72.6 | 50.9 | 55.9 | 81.8 | 80.6 |
Youth | 53.7* | 58.4 | 53.3* | 55.7* | 39.7* | 48.4 | 50.6* | 63.0* |
Parents | 91.4 | 88.8 | 83.2 | 91.6 | 77.4 | 80.1* | 87.8 | 93.5 |
Ask whether feeling suicidal | ||||||||
GPs | 83.3 | 92.6 | 82.8 | 85.0 | 52.3 | 63.9 | 68.8 | 73.7 |
Psychiatrists | 79.5 | 78.8 | 85.5 | 81.2 | 56.1 | 54.2 | 81.8 | 84.6 |
Psychologists | 59.4 | 67.6 | 61.4 | 73.3 | 39.8 | 44.0 | 70.1 | 63.4 |
Nurses | 89.5 | 78.5 | 83.8 | 84.1 | 54.5 | 58.2 | 62.8 | 80.6 |
Youth | 35.5** | 44.4** | 38.9** | 49.8* | 35.9 | 47.9 | 40.4** | 51.8* |
Parents | 54.4* | 48.7** | 52.7* | 52.2* | 47.0 | 55.3 | 54.5 | 45.4** |
Suggest have few drinks to forget troubles | ||||||||
GPs | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Psychiatrists | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Psychologists | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
Nurses | 0.0 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Youth | 5.6 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 10.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 |
Parents | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
Rally friends to cheer up | ||||||||
GPs | 23.6 | 30.9 | 25.9 | 26.7 | 11.1 | 16.7 | 8.3 | 12.3 |
Psychiatrists | 20.5 | 22.4 | 25.8 | 25.9 | 10.3 | 6.8 | 14.3 | 5.2 |
Psychologists | 22.3 | 20.0 | 16.3 | 20.0 | 12.0 | 10.7 | 4.7 | 4.2 |
Nurses | 17.1 | 15.2 | 8.1 | 11.3 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 6.5 |
Youth | 74.2** | 80.4** | 76.8** | 80.1** | 80.8** | 80.1** | 75.9** | 73.2** |
Parents | 60.4** | 59.0** | 54.8** | 57.8** | 65.4** | 64.0** | 57.6** | 52.7** |
Ignore until gets over it | ||||||||
GPs | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.5 |
Psychiatrists | 4.1 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Psychologists | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 |
Nurses | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
Youth | 2.6 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.0 |
Parents | 0.6 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
Keep busy to keep mind off problems | ||||||||
GPs | 6.9 | 13.2 | 8.6 | 15.0 | 15.2 | 9.8 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
Psychiatrists | 5.5 | 16.7 | 9.7 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 3.9 |
Psychologists | 9.4 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 13.3 | 9.7 | 4.7 | 2.3 | 4.2 |
Nurses | 7.9 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 12.7 | 19.6 | 10.6 | 4.5 | 9.7 |
Youth | 67.4** | 49.9** | 62.0** | 55.0** | 63.8** | 51.7** | 68.6** | 50.4** |
Parents | 49.8** | 47.3** | 58.7** | 45.1** | 52.1** | 46.9** | 46.4** | 55.5** |
Encourage to become more physically active | ||||||||
GPs | 75.0 | 80.9 | 72.4 | 78.3 | 76.1 | 78.7 | 39.6 | 33.3 |
Psychiatrists | 52.1 | 54.1 | 61.3 | 64.7 | 63.8 | 57.5 | 29.9 | 18.2 |
Psychologists | 71.9 | 75.4 | 64.0 | 82.4 | 61.3 | 61.2 | 32.2 | 31.6 |
Nurses | 52.6 | 57.0 | 64.9 | 68.3 | 51.8 | 61.8 | 20.5 | 30.6 |
Youth | 72.8 | 78.8 | 78.5 | 85.8 | 79.3 | 83.8* | 77.6** | 78.8** |
Parents | 80.9* | 81.7 | 90.1* | 88.2 | 88.7* | 88.0* | 77.9** | 83.9** |