Mental health literacy and mental health status in adolescents: a population-based survey

LT Lam - Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health, 2014 - Springer
Background This study aims to investigate the association between mental health literacy
and the mental health status, particularly depression, among adolescents. Methods This was …

Mental health literacy among young people in a small US town: recognition of disorders and hypothetical helping responses

DP Olsson, MG Kennedy - Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: Mental health literacy may be a factor in early detection and prompt treatment for
mental, emotional and behavioural disorders among young people. Building on previous …

Tracking depression-related mental health literacy across South Australia: a decade of change

RD Goldney, KI Dunn, ED Grande… - Australian & New …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The aim of the present study was to measure and compare levels of depression-
related mental health literacy in South Australia across three points in time: 1998, 2004, and …

Association between health literacy, depressive symptoms, and suicide-related outcomes in adolescents: a longitudinal study

C Guo, Y Cui, Z Xia, J Hu, Y Xue, X Huang… - Journal of affective …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Health literacy is associated with mental disorders in adolescents. This study
aimed to examine the associations between health literacy, depressive symptoms, and …

Mental health literacy: what do Nigerian adolescents know about depression?

DO Aluh, OC Anyachebelu, C Anosike… - International journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Depression is a leading cause of disability and has been projected to become
the 2nd most burdensome disease by the year 2020; depression has also been found to be …

Measuring mental health literacy–a review of scale-based measures

M O'Connor, L Casey, B Clough - Journal of mental health, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Background: Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has become an important concept in the
literature; however, quantitative research on MHL methodology has been limited. Aims: This …

Mental health literacy in young adults: adaptation and psychometric properties of the mental health literacy questionnaire

P Dias, L Campos, H Almeida, F Palha - International journal of …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mental health literacy (MHL) is considered a prerequisite for early recognition and
intervention in mental disorders, and for this reason, it has become a focus of research over …

Mental health literacy among university students

A Furnham, R Cook, N Martin, M Batey - Journal of Public Mental …, 2011 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to explore the mental health literacy of students. This
study is part of the growing interest in mental health literacy among young people …

Examining mental health literacy, help seeking behaviours, and mental health outcomes in UK university students

P Gorczynski, W Sims-Schouten, D Hill… - The Journal of Mental …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose Many university students in the UK experience mental health problems and little is
known about their overall mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviours. The purpose …

Mental health literacy in adolescents: ability to recognise problems, helpful interventions and outcomes

UR Attygalle, H Perera, BDW Jayamanne - Child and adolescent …, 2017 - Springer
Background Although mental health literacy has been widely studied in adults, there are still
relatively few studies on adolescent populations. In Sri Lanka, adolescents account for about …