Stigma in response to mental disorders: a comparison of Australia and Japan

BMC Psychiatry

Table 3 Percentage of Australian and Japanese respondents who think the person described in the vignette would be discriminated against by others in the community^†

Social Situation	Depression Vignette	Depression/Suicidal Vignette	Early Schizophrenia Vignette	Chronic Schizophrenia Vignette
Australian	53.5 ^c,d (49.8%–57.1%)	61.2 ^c,d (57.8%–64.5%)	75.9 ^a,b (72.5%–79.0%)	83.2 ^a,b (80.4%–85.7%)
Japanese	27.6^{* c,d} (23.7%–31.5%)	32.6^{* c,d} (28.5%–36.7%)	44.8 ^{* a,b,d} (40.4%–49.2%)	62.6% ^{* a,b,c} (58.3%–66.9%)

^†symbols flagging table entries denote a small (Cohen's h ≥ 0.2) to moderate (Cohen's h ≥ 0.5) effect size relative to ^a depression; ^bdepression with suicidal ideation; ^cearly schizophrenia; ^dchronic schizophrenia. *Australian prevalence
Unbolded symbols indicate a small effect size. Bolded symbols denote a moderate effect size.

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