Assessing Depression-Related Mental Health Literacy among Young Adults

Zorrilla, Márcia Mónica; Modeste, Naomi N.; Gleason, Peter; Sealy, Diadrey‐Anne; Banta, Jim E.; Trieu, Sang Leng

doi:10.32398/cjhp.v17i1.2225

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“…However, the findings of similar studies in western countries are incompatible with the present study (Reavley et al, 2011: Zorrilla et al, 2019. Most participants rated professional services as helpful for vignettes.…”

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Mental health literacy: A Survey of the Public’s Ability to Recognize Mental Disorders and Their Knowledge about the Effectiveness of Helpful Interventions to Help the Victims

ABESINGHE,

KATUWAWELA,

LAKMALI

et al. 2023

JEBP

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"Background- Although Mental health literacy (MHL) among public has been widely studied in many countries, there are few studies on MHL in Srilanka. MHL is important as it is closely related to help seeking behavior and mental health outcomes. Poor MHL has been a major barrier on improving mental health care in Sri Lanka. The objective of this study was to describe MHL in terms of ability to recognize mental health problems, knowledge of helpful interventions and professional help available. The association between socioeconomic variables and MHL was also identified. Methods- This descriptive cross-sectional study used a pretested questionnaire on 430 people aged between 18-60, where MHL was assessed using four case vignettes. The vignettes represented depression with suicidal ideation, social phobia, schizophrenia, and dementia. Results- The response rates for recognition as a mental health problem was 83.7% (n=297) for the depression vignette, 80.8% (n=287) for schizophrenia vignette, 56.6% (n= 201) for dementia vignette and 54.4% (n= 193) for social phobia vignette. Satisfactory levels for the ability to recognize professional services were 44.5% (n= 158) for both depression and schizophrenia vignettes and 37.7% (n= 134) for dementia and social phobia vignettes. Satisfactory levels in recognizing helpful interventions were 43.4% (n= 154) for social phobia vignette, 27.9% (n= 99) for schizophrenia vignette, 21.1% (n= 75) for dementia vignette and 20.3% (n= 72) for depression vignette. A statistically significant association was found among the educational level and the ability to recognize mental health problems, the ability to recognize professional services and knowledge of helpful interventions. Conclusion- Though the majority was able to recognize the mental disorders as mental health problems, their knowledge of professional services and helpful interventions were relatively very low. Therefore, the MHL of the target population is inadequate comparing to the most of western countries. There is an urgent need for mental health education initiatives to improve MHL among the public considering their socioeconomic background in Sri Lanka. "

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Mental health literacy: A Survey of the Public’s Ability to Recognize Mental Disorders and Their Knowledge about the Effectiveness of Helpful Interventions to Help the Victims

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KATUWAWELA,

LAKMALI

et al. 2023

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Psychosis in adolescents in Africa: A scoping review for current understanding and future directions

Adjorlolo

Setordzi

2021

Cogent Psychology

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Research into psychosis in adolescents is important in Africa in view of the high burden of mental disorders and prevalence of risk factors such as child maltreatment implicated in the etiology of mental health problems. In this paper, we synthesized the existing literature on psychosis in adolescents in Africa to understand current developments and chart a pathway for robust research agenda on psychosis. A search was conducted on electronic databases, including Africa Index Medicus and Scopus and selected journals for papers. Google, Google Scholar, reference list of papers selected for inclusion in the review and study authors were contacted for additional papers and grey literature. A total of 11 articles were included in this review and discussed under the following thematic areas:(1) assessment of psychosis; (2) prevalence of psychosis; (3) demographic/psychosocial correlates of psychosis; (4) clinical correlates of psychosis; (5) substance misuse and psychosis; and (6) psychosis literacy and help-seeking behavior. A pathway for research into psychosis centering on the representation of psychosis, risk and protective factors, management/treatment of psychosis and aforementioned thematic areas was proffered.

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Mental health literacy of adolescents in Bermuda, according to age, gender and race

Cavanagh,

Jorm,

Reavley

et al. 2024

Health Promotion International

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Mental health literacy (MHL) is an important part of the help-seeking process, yet there is a lack of knowledge about the MHL of adolescents in the Caribbean. This region is important to study as it is underrepresented in mental health research globally. The aim of this study is to explore the ability of adolescents in Bermuda to recognize depression and social phobia (social anxiety) and their beliefs about the sources of help for a peer with these mental health problems. This cross-sectional study surveyed middle and high school students aged 10–19 years in Bermuda. Online surveys conducted between November 2022 and June 2023 gathered demographic data including age, gender and race, and assessed the ability to recognize depression and social anxiety from descriptions provided in randomly assigned vignettes, and beliefs about sources of help. Across 15 middle and high schools, 2423 adolescents (out of 3593 eligible participants) completed all demographic and MHL survey questions (1139 males, 1272 females). Recognition rates for depression and social anxiety were 60% and 53%, respectively. Compared to females, males endorsed a greater variety of help sources. Reporting symptoms of depression or anxiety reduced the likelihood of endorsing multiple sources of help. MHL of adolescents in Bermuda is sub-optimal, particularly for social anxiety. Mental health promotion programs may be useful in improving recognition rates.

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Assessing Depression-Related Mental Health Literacy among Young Adults

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Mental health literacy: A Survey of the Public’s Ability to Recognize Mental Disorders and Their Knowledge about the Effectiveness of Helpful Interventions to Help the Victims

Mental health literacy: A Survey of the Public’s Ability to Recognize Mental Disorders and Their Knowledge about the Effectiveness of Helpful Interventions to Help the Victims

Psychosis in adolescents in Africa: A scoping review for current understanding and future directions

Mental health literacy of adolescents in Bermuda, according to age, gender and race

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