Table 3.

Comparison of mental health literacy and stigmatizing attitudes, pre- and post-MHFA training

Variables	Pre	Post	P
The 21 questions section of MHFA instrument on knowledge on mental health problems
Scores on knowledge on mental health prob, mean (SD)	7.55 (3.32)	9.80 (1.76)	<0.0001
Quite a bit or extremely confident in providing help, %	58.5%	82.0%	0.0021
Correctly recognize depression in the vignette, %	27.6%	56.9%	0.0015
Scores on changes in stigma towards disease in vignette
Personal stigma	22.12 (5.09)	22.1 (5.82)	0.9851
Perceived stigma	19.07 (4.91)	19.39 (4.94)	0.7251