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. 2011 Jan 27;5:4. doi: 10.1186/1752-4458-5-4

Table 1.

Personal disagreement with stigmatising attitudes about depression pre- and post-training

Percentage 'disagree'/'strongly disagree'
n Pre-training % Post-training % p-value

People with problems like Jenny could snap out of it if they wanted to 218 88.1 94.5 0.007
A problem like Jenny's is a sign of personal weakness. 219 94.1 98.2 0.026
Jenny's problem is not a real medical illness. 219 90.9 95.0 0.108
People with a problem like Jenny's are dangerous. 218 65.1 75.7 0.004
It is best to avoid people with a problem like Jenny's so that you don't develop this problem. 219 99.1 99.5 1.0
People with a problem like Jenny's are unpredictable. 219 35.2 52.1 <0.001
If I had a problem like Jenny's, I would not tell anyone. 218 72.9 78.4 0.119