Depression Literacy in Alberta: Findings from a General Population Sample

JianLi Wang · Carol Elaine Adair · Gordon Hilton Fick · Daniel W. L. Lai · Brenda Perry · Anthony Francis Jorm +1 more

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the public's knowledge about depression, attitudes toward treatments for depression, perceived causal factors for depression, and reported prognoses of depression, overall and by sex. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional telephone survey in Alberta between February and June 2006. We used a random phone number selection procedure to identify a sample of adults in the community (n = 3047). Participants were presented with a vignette describing an individual with depression and then asked questions to assess recognition of depression, attitudes toward mental health treatments, possible causal factors for depression, and prognosis of depression. RESULTS: The response rate was 75.2 %. Among the final participants, 75.6% could correctly recognize depression described in a case vignette. General practitioners or family doctors were considered as being the best help for depression. Of the participants, 35% were in complete agreement with health professionals about appropriate interventions for depression, 28% believed in dealing with depression alone, and 43% thought that "weakness of character" was a likely cause of depression. Men had poorer mental health literacy than women and were more likely to endorse the use of alcohol to cope. CONCLUSIONS: Mental health promotion and education efforts are needed to improve the general public's mental health literacy and to clarify misunderstanding about depression. Men need to be a particular target of these efforts.

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