Evolving perceptions of treatment helpfulness across mental illnesses in Singapore: 8-year comparison using nationally representative samples.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Singapore conducted its second nationwide mental health literacy survey in 2023, following the first survey in 2015.

Aims

This study aimed to ascertain the population's beliefs about the helpfulness of treatments for mental illnesses in Singapore, and assessed changes over an 8-year period.

Method

A nationally representative cohort (n = 4195, aged 18-67 years) was interviewed between September 2022 and February 2024, which replicated the methods of the 2015 survey (n = 3006, aged 18-65 years). Using a vignette-based approach, 3002 respondents rated the perceived helpfulness of 28 treatment options for alcohol abuse, dementia, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and schizophrenia as either 'helpful' or 'harmful'. Weighted prevalence

SUBMITTER: Tan CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12641415 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature