Table 1.

Attitudes about depression : means and standard deviations, paired t test results

Item	Phase 1	Phase 2	t test	df	p value
It is easy to differentiate between a patient who is sad and one who is depressed	4.6±2.4	5.8±2.5	−3.61	82	0.0001
Depression is a way that weak people confront life’s problems	1.6±2.4	1.4±2.1	0.82	82	0.413
I am comfortable addressing the problems of patients with depression	4.6±2.7	5.8±2.3	−4.10	82	0.0001
Depression reflects a personality characteristic in the patient that is not easy to change	2.0±2.6	1.9±2.1	0.31	79	0.761
Working with depressed patients is difficult	5.5±2.8	5.8±2.6	−1.07	82	0.287
It is gratifying to invest time in treating depressed patients	6.1±2.5	6.7±2.2	−2.16	82	0.033
Psychotherapy has no place for depressed patients	2.1±2.6	2.2±2.6	−0.26	82	0.792
Antidepressants produce satisfactory results in treating depressed patients	6.9±2.0	7.8±1.5	−3.85	82	0.0001
Psychotherapy of depressed patients should be left to the specialist	4.8±3.5	4.5±3.0	0.93	82	0.357
It is better that a depressed patient who needs antidepressants is treated by a psychiatrist	3.9±3.0	2.9±2.5	3.27	82	0.002