Adolescent Mental Health Literacy: Young People's Knowledge of Depression and Social Anxiety Disorder

Coles, Meredith E.; Ravid, Ariel; Gibb, Brandon E.; George-Denn, Daniel; Bronstein, Laura R.; McLeod, Sue

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2015.09.017

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“…In accordance with the findings of this study, several studies have shown that psychological symptoms can impact certain aspects of MHL (22)(23)(24)(25). One possible explanation for these findings is that the individuals with personal or family history of mental disorders may be psychologicallyminded, and emotionally aware.…”

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confidence: 92%

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The Mediator Role of Mental Health Literacy in the Relationship Between Demographic Variables and Health-Promoting Behaviours

Noroozi

Khademolhosseini

Lari

et al. 2018

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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Background: An understanding of the relationships between mental health literacy and health promotion behaviours is essential for the development of community-based interventions in the prevention of mental disorder. Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between mental health literacy and health-promoting behaviours and to assess the contributions of mental health literacy through mediation to demographic characteristic in healthpromoting behaviours. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on 378 participants by convenience method in public places of Bushehr city from January to March 2016. The data collection tool included demographic variables section, mental health literacy scale, and health-promoting lifestyle profile. Assessment of the potential mediation effect of MHL was assessed using the three criteria. The association of the demographic characteristic with the MHL must be significant, the association of the demographic characteristic with health-promoting behaviours must be significant, and MHL must be significantly associated with the health-promoting behaviours controlling the demographic characteristics. The analysis was done by SPSS software version 20.0. Results: Findings indicated that there is a significant association between the education level (P < 0.001) and history of mental disorder (P = 0.004) with MHL score. There is a significant association between education (P < 0.001), employment status (P = 0.028), marital status (P = 0.013), and history of mental disorder (P = 0.035) with HPLP score. The hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that the education tended to have both direct and indirect effect in HPLP. Conclusions: MHL is a significant predictor and mediator to all the health-promoting behaviours. MHL is predictor of healthrelated behaviours, and, it also mediates the effect of the academic education on these behaviours.

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confidence: 92%

“…The experience of mental disorders increases awareness about mental health problems and changes attitude, therefore increases mental health literacy (22)(23)(24)(25). But individuals with mental disorders perform fewer health-promoting behaviours (31)(32)(33).…”

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confidence: 99%

The Mediator Role of Mental Health Literacy in the Relationship Between Demographic Variables and Health-Promoting Behaviours

Noroozi

Khademolhosseini

Lari

et al. 2018

Iran J Psychiatry Behav Sci

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“…In addition, these studies can systematically explore beliefs of respondents of different races or ethnicities to better understand the role of culture in the engagement process. For example, a number of researchers have examined racial differences in beliefs about mental health (e.g., seriousness of illness), help seeking (what help would be appropriate), and treatment effectiveness with vignettes depicting different forms of mental health illnesses, such as major depressive disorder or schizophrenia (Anglin et al 2008) or conduct disorder (Pottick et al 2007) or social anxiety disorder (Coles et al 2016). With comparisons of vignettes representing other mental health illnesses, physical illnesses (Patel and Bakken 2010), marital and family problems (Uomoto and Gorsuch 1984), or no clinically significant diagnosis (Thurston et al 2015), vignette studies can uncover how individuals of different races or ethnicities view mental health and helping processes.…”

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Conceptualizing Culturally Infused Engagement and Its Measurement for Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Children and Families

Yasui

Pottick

Chen

2017

Clin Child Fam Psychol Rev

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Despite the central role culture plays in racial and ethnic disparities in mental health among ethnic minority and immigrant children and families, existing measures of engagement in mental health services have failed to integrate culturally specific factors that shape these families' engagement with mental health services. To illustrate this gap, the authors systematically review 119 existing instruments that measure the multi-dimensional and developmental process of engagement for ethnic minority and immigrant children and families. The review is anchored in a new integrated conceptualization of engagement, the culturally infused engagement model. The review assesses culturally relevant cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral mechanisms of engagement from the stages of problem recognition and help seeking to treatment participation that can help illuminate the gaps. Existing measures examined four central domains pertinent to the process of engagement for ethnic minority and immigrant children and families: (a) expressions of mental distress and illness, (b) causal explanations of mental distress and illness, (c) beliefs about mental distress and illness, and (d) beliefs and experiences of seeking help. The findings highlight the variety of tools that are used to measure behavioral and attitudinal dimensions of engagement, showing the limitations of their application for ethnic minority and immigrant children and families. The review proposes directions for promising research methodologies to help intervention scientists and clinicians improve engagement and service delivery and reduce disparities among ethnic minority and immigrant children and families at large, and recommends practical applications for training, program planning, and policymaking.

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“…Although many are digitally literate, many have limited health literacy, partly because of stigma. Furthermore, traversing fragmented health services can be more difficult when transiting from child to adult services …”

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confidence: 99%

Understanding practitioner perspectives of youth healthcare using thematic and lexical analyses

Jarrett

2019

Health Expectations

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BackgroundYouth health issues represent a “wicked problem” – they are complex and multifaceted. Furthermore, they are likely to require novel approaches to understand their complexity and develop novel solutions.ObjectiveGiven the importance of youth healthcare, and the need for novel approaches, the aim of this article was to demonstrate the innovative use of two research methods – thematic and lexical analyses – to better understand practitioner perspectives of youth healthcare. It clarifies the factors that shape practitioner ability to support young people and opportunities to improve practice.Design and SettingFocus groups and interviews were conducted with 37 youth health practitioners. They represented government and non‐government services; hospital and community services; and metropolitan and regional services.ResultsThematic analysis highlighted the complexity of participants' work and the judgements made as they negotiated relationships with young people and ancillary services. Lexical analysis revealed two hitherto neglected dimensions of the complexity of youth healthcare – uncertainty and corporeality.DiscussionIn addition to affirming the complexities of youth healthcare, this study revealed how practitioners (can) negotiate these complexities. These findings were only possible because of the innovative use of the two research methods.ConclusionsThis study has important theoretical, methodological and practical implications. Theoretically, it is the first to view the complexities of youth healthcare through the wicked problem lens. Methodologically, it highlights the complementary value of thematic and lexical analyses. Practically, it reinforces the importance of policy support and professional development to enable practitioners to grasp the complexities of their work.

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Adolescent Mental Health Literacy: Young People's Knowledge of Depression and Social Anxiety Disorder

Cited by 162 publications

References 28 publications

The Mediator Role of Mental Health Literacy in the Relationship Between Demographic Variables and Health-Promoting Behaviours

The Mediator Role of Mental Health Literacy in the Relationship Between Demographic Variables and Health-Promoting Behaviours

Conceptualizing Culturally Infused Engagement and Its Measurement for Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Children and Families

Understanding practitioner perspectives of youth healthcare using thematic and lexical analyses

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