Table 3.
Percentage of respondents rating each type of professional as "helpful" or "harmful" for the person in the depression vignette (by sample)
| Item | % | % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helpful | Harmful | |||||
| Australian | Japanese | Chinese Australian | Australian | Japanese | Chinese Australian | |
| 1. Doctor | 87.3 | 30.4 | 74 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 2.1 |
| 2. Pharmacist | 35.4 | 6.8 | 27.6 | 8.7 | 23.6 | 8.6 |
| 3. Counselor | 82.2 | 85.8 | 90.2 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 |
| 4. Social worker | 62.8 | 73.4 | 86.9 | 4.5 | 1.4 | 1.0 |
| 5. Hot-line telephone counselor | 63.5 | 42.4 | 77.4 | 5.9 | 8.6 | 1.1 |
| 6. Psychiatrist | 65.0 | 69.4 | 73.5 | 7.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 |
| 7. Clinical psychologist | 66.9 | 56.6 | 83.6 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 8. Close family members | 67.9 | 85 | 82.2 | 4.9 | 1.6 | 2.1 |
| 9. Close friends | 78.2 | 84.8 | 76.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 2.6 |
| 10. Naturopath | 34.9 | 11.2 | 39.2 | 11.1 | 18.8 | 4.2 |
| 11. Religious practitioner | 45.3 | 13.6 | 58.5 | 8.1 | 24.2 | 2.1 |
| 12. Deal with it alone | 13.1 | 24.4 | 28.2 | 64 | 41.4 | 61.7 |
| 13. Traditional Chinese medicine doctor | NA | NA | 31.8 | NA | NA | 8.0 |
| 14. Traditional healer | NA | NA | 2.7 | NA | NA | 54.9 |