Perceptions of mental health and perceived barriers to mental health help-seeking amongst refugees: A systematic review

Y Byrow, R Pajak, P Specker, A Nickerson - Clinical psychology review, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite elevated rates of psychological disorders amongst individuals from a refugee
background, levels of mental health help-seeking in these populations are low. There is an …

[HTML][HTML] Young people's online help-seeking and mental health difficulties: Systematic narrative review

C Pretorius, D Chambers, D Coyle - Journal of medical Internet research, 2019 - jmir.org
Background Young people frequently make use of the internet as part of their day-to-day
activities, and this has extended to their help-seeking behavior. Offline help-seeking is …

Mental health literacy: Past, present, and future

S Kutcher, Y Wei, C Coniglio - The Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Mental health literacy (MHL) is a construct that has arisen from the domain of health literacy
(HL) and must be understood in that context. The development of HL was initially informed …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Mental health smartphone apps: review and evidence-based recommendations for future developments

D Bakker, N Kazantzis, D Rickwood, N Rickard - JMIR mental health, 2016 - mental.jmir.org
Background: The number of mental health apps (MHapps) developed and now available to
smartphone users has increased in recent years. MHapps and other technology-based …

Improving health literacy in community populations: a review of progress

D Nutbeam, B McGill… - Health promotion …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Governments around the world have adopted national policies and programs to improve
health literacy. This paper examines progress in the development of evidence to support …

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 …

Mental health literacy measures evaluating knowledge, attitudes and help-seeking: a scoping review

Y Wei, PJ McGrath, J Hayden, S Kutcher - BMC psychiatry, 2015 - Springer
Background Mental health literacy has received increasing attention as a useful strategy to
promote early identification of mental disorders, reduce stigma and enhance help-seeking …

The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A new scale-based measure of mental health literacy

M O'Connor, L Casey - Psychiatry research, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Although Mental Health Literacy (MHL) has been a topic of substantial interest,
measurement of this concept using a scale-based measure has been limited, including a …

'Something needs to change': Mental health experiences of young autistic adults in England

L Crane, F Adams, G Harper, J Welch, E Pellicano - Autism, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
There is a high incidence and prevalence of mental health problems among young people,
with several barriers to help-seeking noted in this group. High rates of mental health …