Table 4.
Responses to the depression and alcohol misuse vignettes
| Depression (Sarah) | n | % | Alcohol misuse (Samuel) | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depression | 1472 | 59.7% | Alcohol/drug problem | 1287 | 52.3% |
| Other mental health condition | 97 | 3.9% | Other mental health condition | 222 | 9.0% |
| Non-clinical mood/behavioural descriptors | 325 | 13.2% | Lack of knowledge/poor decision making | 71 | 2.9% |
| Alcohol/drugs | 76 | 3.1% | Poor coping/problem management | 165 | 6.7% |
| Negative experience trigger | 258 | 10.4% | Peer/social context | 151 | 6.1% |
| Physical health problem | 15 | 0.6% | Negative experience trigger | 121 | 4.9% |
| Don’t know/unable to identify a problem | 133 | 5.4% | Don’t know/unable to identify a problem | 214 | 8.7% |
| Nothing/it’s normal/just adolescence | 34 | 1.4% | Nothing/it’s normal/just adolescence | 109 | 4.4% |
| Weak/lazy | 11 | 0.4% | Weak/stupid/attention-seeking | 41 | 1.7% |
| Missing | 43 | 1.6% | Missing | 82 | 3.3% |