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

Table 1 Pre-seminar questionnaire

Section	Question	Answer options
Knowledge about forensic mental health	Have you heard the term “Forensic psychiatry?”	Yes or No
	Do you know the content of the MHW Act?	Well known, a little, or No
	Have you heard the concept of criminal responsibility?	Yes or No
	Did you know about the introduction of the MTS Act?	Yes or No
	Did you know about the introduction of the Lay Judge Act?	Yes or No
Opinion about forensic mental health	Opinion toward OIH	Definitely agree, relatively agree, neutral, relatively disagree, or definitely disagree
	Opinion toward the concept of criminal responsibility	Definitely agree, relatively agree, neutral, relatively disagree, or definitely disagree
	Opinion toward the MTS Act	Definitely agree, relatively agree, neutral, relatively disagree, or definitely disagree
	Opinion toward the Lay Judge Act	Definitely agree, relatively agree, neutral, relatively disagree, or definitely disagree
About the relationship between psychiatry and the mass media	Opportunity to see media reports regarding psychiatry	Many, relatively many, neutral, relatively few, or few
	Opinion toward the optimal frequency of media reports regarding psychiatry	More than now, neutral, or less than now
	Opportunity to see media reports about the relationship between psychiatry and crimes	Increased, no change, or decreased
	Opinion toward the optimal frequency of media reports regarding the relationship between psychiatry and crimes	More than now, neutral, or less than now
About the responder	Should the media maintain anonymity in reporting crime cases with mental disorders?	Definitely agree, relatively agree, neutral, relatively disagree, or definitely disagree
	Age	< 20, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, or > 79
	Sex	Male or female
	Occupation	Medical practitioner, medical student, or other

MHW Act: Mental Health and Welfare Act; MTS Act: Medical Treatment and Supervision Act; OIH: Official Involuntary Hospitalization.