Mental health literacy: A review of what it is and why it matters

A Furnham, V Swami - International Perspectives in …, 2018 - econtent.hogrefe.com
An increasing number of scholarly works have attempted to understand the reasons for poor
rates of help-seeking for symptoms of mental health disorders all around the world. One …

[HTML][HTML] Do online mental health services improve help-seeking for young people? A systematic review

SD Kauer, C Mangan, L Sanci - Journal of medical Internet research, 2014 - jmir.org
Background: Young people regularly use online services to seek help and look for
information about mental health problems. Yet little is known about the effects that online …

Self‐stigma, mental health literacy, and attitudes toward seeking psychological help

HL Cheng, C Wang, RC McDermott… - … of Counseling & …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study examined self‐stigma of seeking psychological help and mental health literacy as
predictors of college students'(N= 1,535) help‐seeking attitudes, with additional attention to …

Mental health literacy: empowering the community to take action for better mental health.

AF Jorm - American psychologist, 2012 - psycnet.apa.org
For major physical diseases, it is widely accepted that members of the public will benefit by
knowing what actions they can take for prevention, early intervention, and treatment …

Adolescent mental health literacy: Young people's knowledge of depression and social anxiety disorder

ME Coles, A Ravid, B Gibb, D George-Denn… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose Understanding why nearly 80% of youth ages 6–18 years with a mental disorder
fail to receive treatment represents an important public health priority. International data …

Correlates of suicide stigma and suicide literacy in the community

PJ Batterham, AL Calear… - Suicide and Life …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Public knowledge and attitudes toward suicide may influence help‐seeking for suicidality.
This study aimed to identify correlates of suicide attitudes and knowledge. Australian adults …

Stigma and its impact on help-seeking for mental disorders: what do we know?

G Schomerus, MC Angermeyer - Epidemiology and Psychiatric …, 2008 - cambridge.org
Aims–Many people suffering from serious mental illness do not seek appropriate medical
help. The stigma of mental illness has often been considered a potential cause for …

Help seeking for mental health problems in an adolescent population: the effect of gender

L Haavik, I Joa, K Hatloy, HJ Stain… - Journal of mental …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Background: While the onset of many mental health problems occurs in adolescence, these
problems are severely undertreated in this age group. To inform early intervention for …

Expanding a measure of mental health literacy: Development and validation of a multicomponent mental health literacy measure

H Jung, K von Sternberg, K Davis - Psychiatry research, 2016 - Elsevier
Mental health literacy (MHL) is an important factor in mental health care. However, few
measures are available that assess multiple components of MHL and that are applicable to …

250 labels used to stigmatise people with mental illness

D Rose, G Thornicroft, V Pinfold, A Kassam - BMC health services …, 2007 - Springer
Background The stigma against people with mental illness is a major barrier to help-seeking
in young people for mental health problems. The objective of this study was to investigate …