Statement | Strongly agree/agree | Neutral | Strongly disagree/disagree |
---|---|---|---|
O. The use of seclusion and restraint is needed if people using mental health services become threateninga | 70.91 | 9.64 | 19.45 |
L. When people experience a crisis, health practitioners or families should make decisions based on their ideas about what is best for themb | 60.93 | 10.59 | 28.48 |
*Q. Involuntary admission does more harm than gooda | 30.92 | 20.64 | 48.44 |
N. Controlling people using mental health services is necessary to maintain ordera | 46.85 | 15.28 | 37.87 |
I. The opinions of health practitioners about care and treatment should carry more weight than those of a person with an intellectual disabilityb | 46.60 | 16.61 | 36.79 |
C. People with dementia should always live in group homes where staff can take care of themd | 45.60 | 11.75 | 42.65 |
P. People at risk of harming themselves or others should be isolated in a locked rooma | 44.01 | 10.31 | 45.68 |
E. Taking medication is the most important factor to help people with mental health conditions get betterc | 42.96 | 11.64 | 45.40 |
A. Nothing can be improved within mental health services without additional resourcesc | 40.12 | 7.42 | 52.46 |
F. You can only inspire hope once a person is no longer experiencing symptomsc | 29.15 | 9.70 | 61.15 |
*M. People with intellectual disabilities have the right to make their own decisions, even if I don’t agree with themb | 61.82 | 13.70 | 24.48 |
B. The service environment has little to do with people’s mental health and wellbeingc | 24.23 | 6.75 | 69.02 |
*G. People using mental health services should be empowered to make their own decisions about their own treatmentc | 68.72 | 9.97 | 21.31 |
D. People with psychosocial disabilities/mental health conditions should not be hired in work requiring direct contact with the publicd | 17.83 | 9.03 | 73.14 |
K. People with mental health conditions should not be given important responsibilitiesb | 15.81 | 10.78 | 73.41 |
H. Following advice of other people who have experienced mental health issues is too riskyb | 15.42 | 16.20 | 68.38 |
J. It is acceptable to pressure people using mental health services to take treatment that they don’t wanta | 14.86 | 9.39 | 75.75 |