Table 4.
Changes in beliefs about treatment and in social distance. Mean scores (and SDs) on scales measuring (a) beliefs about treatment that are concordant with health professionals, and (b) social distance from person in vignette
| Scale | Pre-course | Post-course | 6 Month Follow-up | P-value1 |
| Beliefs About Treatment | ||||
| Depression | 79.65 (25.01) | 89.90 (17.90) | 87.98 (21.22) | |
| Schizophrenia | 74.34 (25.56) | 88.49 (17.88) | 85.47 (22.17) | |
| Both | 76.97 (25.37) | 89.19 (17.86) | 86.71 (21.69) | .000 |
| Social Distance | ||||
| Depression | 8.05 (2.47) | 7.48 (2.36) | 7.54 (2.28) | |
| Schizophrenia | 10.47 (2.83) | 9.86 (2.81) | 10.02 (3.12) | |
| Both | 9.27 (2.92) | 8.69 (2.85) | 8.79 (3.00) | .000 |
1 Repeated measures analysis of variance. There were no significant interactions with type of vignette.