Mental health of young people: a global public-health challenge

V Patel, AJ Flisher, S Hetrick, P McGorry - The lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Mental disorders account for a large proportion of the disease burden in young people in all
societies. Most mental disorders begin during youth (12–24 years of age), although they are …

Mental health literacy content for children of parents with a mental illness: Thematic analysis of a literature review

J Riebschleger, C Grové, D Cavanaugh, S Costello - Brain sciences, 2017 - mdpi.com
Millions of children have a parent with a mental illness (COPMI). These children are at
higher risk of acquiring behavioural, developmental and emotional difficulties. Most children …

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 …

Recovery from versus recovery in serious mental illness: One strategy for lessening confusion plaguing recovery

L Davidson, D Roe - Journal of mental health, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Background: There is an increasing global commitment to recovery as the expectation for
people with mental illness. There remains, however, little consensus on what recovery …

Recognition of mental disorders and beliefs about treatment and outcome: findings from an Australian national survey of mental health literacy and stigma

NJ Reavley, AF Jorm - Australian & New Zealand Journal of …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The aim of the study was to carry out a national survey in order to assess
recognition and beliefs about treatment for affective disorders, anxiety disorders and …

Influence of gender on mental health literacy in young Australians

SM Cotton, A Wright, MG Harris… - Australian & New …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Objectives: To determine the effects of gender on mental health literacy in young people
between 12 and 25 years of age. Design: Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing was …

The stigma of psychiatric treatment and help-seeking intentions for depression

G Schomerus, H Matschinger… - European archives of …, 2009 - Springer
Aims The stigma of mental illness has often been considered a potential cause for reluctant
willingness to seek help for mental problems, but there is little evidence on this issue. We …

Mental health literacy in higher education students

NJ Reavley, TV McCann… - Early intervention in …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: With approximately 50% of young people aged 18–24 in tertiary education, these are
potential settings for programmes to improve mental health literacy. A survey was carried out …

Age differences in mental health literacy

L Farrer, L Leach, KM Griffiths, H Christensen… - BMC Public Health, 2008 - Springer
Background The community's knowledge and beliefs about mental health problems, their
risk factors, treatments and sources of help may vary as a function of age. Methods Data …

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 …