Perceived mental illness stigma among family and friends of young people with depression and its role in help-seeking: a qualitative inquiry

Table 1 Participant characteristics, diagnosis, and other sociodemographic information (n = 33)

S/N	Age	Sex	Ethnicity	Primary diagnosis	Years with depressive disorder	Religion
C01	34	Female	Chinese	MDD	8	Buddhism
C02	20	Female	Chinese	Anxiety depression	<1	Christianity
C04	30	Male	Chinese	MDD	2	Buddhism
C05	34	Female	Chinese	Mixed anxiety and depression	7	Christianity
C06	26	Male	Chinese	MDD	8	Christianity
C07	24	Female	Chinese	MDD	<1	Taoism
C08	31	Female	Chinese	Dysthymia and MDD	3.5	Christianity
C09	35	Female	Chinese	Depression	<1	Buddhism
C10	22	Female	Chinese	MDD	4	Christianity
C11	22	Male	Chinese	MDD	2	Buddhism
C12	22	Female	Chinese	Depression	2^	Buddhism
C13	20	Male	Chinese	MDD	3	Free-thinker
L01	34	Female	Indian	MDD	16	Hinduism
L02	27	Male	Indian	MDD	7^	Buddhism
L03	27	Female	Indian	Depressive disorder	4	Hinduism
L05	21	Male	Indian	MDD	1	Free-thinker
L06	26	Male	Indian	Depression	2	Christianity
L08	22	Female	Indian	Dysthymia	<1	Free-thinker
L09	26	Female	Indian	MDD	8	Islam
L10	25	Male	Indian	Dysthymia	2	Others
L11	23	Male	Indian	Depression	7	Christianity
L12	22	Female	Other	MDD	6	Free-thinker
M01	26	Male	Malay	Reactive depression	3	Islam
M02	23	Male	Malay	Depression	1	Islam
M03	27	Male	Malay	Depression	<1	Islam
M04	21	Male	Malay	MDD	1	Islam
M05	28	Male	Malay	Depression	2	Islam
M06	22	Female	Malay	Major Depression	4	Islam
M07	25	Female	Malay	Dysthymia	<1	Free-thinker
M09	35	Female	Malay	Depression	2	Others
M10	29	Female	Malay	Depression	2	Islam
M11	31	Female	Malay	MDD	3	Islam
M12	26	Female	Malay	MDD	1	Islam

Note: ^ refers to approximate number of years diagnosed with depressive disorder reported by the participant

ISSN: 1471-244X