Evaluation of 'see me' - the National Scottish Campaign Against the Stigma and Discrimination Associated with Mental Ill-Health

Table A11.1 Awareness of different diagnoses/disabilities as being mental health problems: pre- and post young people's campaign strand

Source: Citigate Smarts, 2005b

Table A11.2 Attitudes pre- and post- young people's campaign strand

Sources: Citigate SMARTS 2005a
Citigate SMARTS 2005b

Attitude statement	Baseline November 2004 % agreeing	Post campaign May 2005 % agreeing
Base	n/a (c448)	406
If I was suffering from mental health problems, I wouldn't want people knowing about it	48	41
Any young person can suffer from mental health problems	84	85
I would find it hard to talk to another young person with mental health problems	24	23
Young people are generally caring and sympathetic to other young people with mental health problems	21	18
Young people who cut themselves are selfish and attention seeking	17	17
Young people with mental health problems are less likely to have friends	33	19
Young people with mental health problems are largely to blame for their own condition	3	3
Young people with mental health problems are more likely to be ignored by young people	47	34
Young people who hear voices should be locked up in a psychiatric hospital	9	11
Young people who have eating disorders are attention seeking	8	9

Table A11.3 Knowing how to help a friend pre- and post- the young people's campaign

Sources:
Citigate SMARTS 2005a
Citigate SMARTS 2005b

Feeling would know how to help a friend by type of problem	Baseline November 2004 %	Post campaign 2005 (all responses) %	Post campaign May 2005 (by awareness of campaign) %
	Baseline November 2004 %	Post campaign 2005 (all responses) %	Not aware of campaign	Aware of campaign
base	448 (?)	406	n/a	189(?)
Friend feeling really down all the time	33	36	n/a*	40
Friend deliberately cutting themselves	26	25	17	33
Friend hearing voices	16	16	10	24

*Data not available for those who were not aware of the campaign

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