Effect of educational intervention on attitudes toward the concept of criminal responsibility

Table 3 Changes in opinions on psychiatry: Pre- and post-seminar

Question	Answer	Pre	Post	Stat1
Opinion toward OIH (n = 66)	Agree	332	382	Z = -2.017
	Relatively agree	212	23	P = 0.044
	Neutral	11	4
	Relatively disagree	0	1
	Disagree	1	0
Opinion toward the concept of criminal responsibility (n = 60)	Agree	5	9	Z = -3.797
	Relatively agree	6	13	P < 0.001
	Neutral	18	182
	Relatively disagree	192	13
	Disagree	12	7
Opinion toward the MTS Act (n = 66)	Agree	32	29	Z = -0.498
	Relatively agree	192	262	P = 0.619
	Neutral	10	7
	Relatively disagree	3	3
	Disagree	2	1
Opinion toward the Lay Judge Act (n = 66)	Agree	9	15	Z = -2.463
	Relatively agree	19	182	P = 0.014
	Neutral	222	212
	Relatively disagree	9	5
	Disagree	7	7
Should the media report more frequently on psychiatry? (n = 69)	Agree	542	492	Z = 1.291
	Neutral	14	19	P = 0.197
	Disagree	1	1
Should media report more frequently on the relationship between psychiatry and crimes? (n = 69)	Agree	412	512	Z = -3.051
	Neutral	26	17	P = 0.02
	Disagree	2	1
Should the media maintain anonymity in reporting crime cases with mental disorders? (n = 68)	Agree	9	11	Z = -2.185
	Relatively agree	15	17	P = 0.029
	Neutral	222	252
	Relatively disagree	12	7
	Disagree	10	8

¹Two-tailed Wilcoxon signed-rank test;

²The median for each item is indicated by underscoring. MHW Act: Mental Health and Welfare Act; MTS Act: Medical Treatment and Supervision Act; OIH: Official Involuntary Hospitalization.