Table 5.
Percentage of respondents rating each type of intervention as "helpful" or "harmful" for the person in the depression vignette (by sample)
| Australian | Japanese | Chinese Australian | Australian | Japanese | Chinese Australian | |
| 1. Physical activity | 92.0 | 69.4 | 97.5 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 0.5 |
| 2. Read about problem | 79.3 | 60 | 64.6 | 4.1 | 7.6 | 4.1 |
| 3. Get out more | 87.0 | 67.0 | 60.2 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 8.9 |
| 4. Learn to relax | 83.6 | 38.0 | 83.1 | 1.5 | 7.6 | 0 |
| 5. Cut out alcohol | 56.0 | 10.0 | 82.6 | 4.7 | 17.2 | 4.6 |
| 6. Psychotherapy | 44.1 | 49.0 | 89.8 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 0 |
| 7. Cognitive behavioral treatment | NA | NA | 69.6 | NA | NA | 0.5 |
| 8. Hypnosis | 22.4 | 28.0 | 27.8 | 17.0 | 14.2 | 7.2 |
| 9. Psychiatric ward | 16.4 | 13.6 | 15.0 | 53.3 | 43.0 | 34.2 |
| 10. Electroconvulsive treatment (ECT) | 5.9 | 2.2 | 9.4 | 69.4 | 50.2 | 16.1 |
| 11. Occasional drink | 44.4 | 31.4 | 10.3 | 15.4 | 17.4 | 44.1 |
| 12. Taking Chinese nutritional foods/supplements | NA | NA | 32.6 | NA | NA | 11.9 |
| 13. Qigong | NA | NA | 26.9 | NA | NA | 9.3 |
| 14. Changing fungshui | NA | NA | 5.8 | NA | NA | 27.7 |
| 15. Traditional Chinese worship | NA | NA | 4.2 | NA | NA | 51.6 |