Reconhecimento da Depressão e Crenças sobre Procura de Ajuda em Jovens Portugueses

Loureiro, Luís; Pedreiro, Ana Teresa; Correia, Susana; Mendes, Aida Cruz

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“…For the validation of HI5-There are differences in the levels of anxiety, depression, and stress of the IPB students, according to whether more awareness/training actions are considered relevant, and looking at Table VII, suggests that nevertheless, there is a difference statistically significant among respondents according to whether or not they consider more awareness-raising actions relevant, for the depression dimension, the effect size is small, but not invalidating that HI5 is verified for the dimension in question. This fits into the perspective that in Portugal, "mental health literacy", defined as the knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders that support their recognition, management, and prevention (Jorm et al, 1997;Kelly et al, 2011) is still low in relation to what would be desirable (Loureiro et al, 2012).…”

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“…Several authors have stated that worse mental health outcomes result from multifactorial causes, including factors of various natures such as biological and also social, and contextual influences (Barry et al, 2013;Brown et al, 2015;Curtis, 2010;Sarkar et al, 2014). The evidence also shows that the socio-economic, physical, and built environments and social and cultural interaction (Loureiro et al, 2012) play a very important role in terms of mental health. In addition, students displaced from their usual residence in relation to nondisplaced students present even greater anxiety and stress (Costa & Leal, 2008).…”

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“…Low levels of mental health literacy in university students may not only prevent or complicate the early recognition of mental health problems but also influence help-seeking behavior (Loureiro et al, 2012). In the opinion of Olivari and Guzmán-González (2017) the search for help in mental health is a learned skill, adaptive and related to psychological wellbeing.…”

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Evidence of Mental Health in University Students: A Contribution to Literacy

Maria

Galvão²,

Liébana³

2022

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The data on the mental health of young people, in the current scientific evidence, point to the need for a constant updating of perspectives in relation to the contexts in which it is inserted, aiming at a more targeted intervention and its empowerment. In this context, it was described in the study: "Consumption of psychoactive substances in university students...What reality?" as one of the objectives- Identify the level of psychological health (depression, anxiety, and stress) of students at the Instituto Politécnico de Bragança. A quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and cross-sectional study was carried out. A (non-probabilistic) sample of 392 students was used. The assessment of the students' psychological health was carried out using the Anxiety, Depression, and Stress Scale (EADS21) by Lovibond and Lovibond, adapted by Pais Ribeiro in 2004. SPSS was used to process the data using descriptive statistics and inferential with a significance level of 95%. As a result, we have that: about 25% of students show above-normal levels of intensity in the depression and stress dimensions, reaching almost one-third in the anxiety dimension. The correlations between the EADS21 dimensions were moderate to strong. There was a statistically significant difference between the respondents: according to sex (p=0,001; Cohen's d=0,344), for the dimension of stress; according to whether or not they practiced physical exercise, for the dimension of stress (p=0,010; Cohen's d=0,280), anxiety (p=0,006; Cohen's d=0,252) and depression (p=0,034; Cohen's d=0,244); according to whether or not they had already started sexual activity, for the depression dimension (p=0,019; Cohen's d=0,287); according to whether or not they consider awareness-raising actions relevant, for the depression dimension (p=0,018; Cohen's d=0,331). We conclude that the results show that the general values are low in each of the mental health dimensions of the EADS21. This implies good experiences of respondents in a university context, in addition to the fact that female students have higher values in all dimensions of the EADS21, as well as those who do not practice physical exercise, those who have not yet started sexual activity, and those who do not consider relevant awareness-raising actions.

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Evidence of Mental Health in University Students: A Contribution to Literacy

Maria

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Liébana³

2022

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“…Many of these barriers relate to limited mental health literacy. The consequent lack of help seeking or delay in help seeking may lead to worse health outcomes and possibly to chronicity [8]. …”

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Mental health literacy about depression: a survey of portuguese youth

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BackgroundDepression is a common disorder in adolescents and young adults, but help seeking is low. Mental health literacy about depression is a key concept to plan interventions for improving help seeking. This study aimed to evaluate youth mental literacy about depression in order to design school-based interventions.MethodsDuring 2012, a survey was conducted with a stratified cluster sample of 4938 Portuguese young people between 14 and 24 years of age. Following the presentation of a vignette describing depression, a series of questions was asked concerning: recognition of the disorder; knowledge of professional help and treatments available; knowledge of effective self-help strategies; knowledge and skills to give first aid and support to others; and knowledge of how to prevent this disorder.ResultsIn response to an open-ended question, around a quarter of the participants failed to recognize depression in the vignette. When asked about the potential helpfulness of various people, most of the participants considered mental health professionals, family and friends to be helpful. However, teachers, social workers and a helpline were less likely to be considered as helpful. With regard to medications, vitamins received more positive views than psychotropics. Some interventions were frequently rated as likely to be helpful, whereas for others there was a lack of knowledge about their effectiveness. A positive finding is that alcohol and tobacco consumption were seen as harmful. When asked about mental health first aid strategies, participants supported the value of listening to the person in the vignette and advising professional help, but some unhelpful strategies were commonly endorsed as well.ConclusionDeficits were found in some aspects of depression literacy in Portuguese youth. Therefore intervention in this area is needed.

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“…Objectives: to compare levels of personal and perceived stigma of Portuguese adolescents and young people in relation to alcohol abuse and to identify predictors of help-seeking intention in situations of abusive alcohol consumption. Methodology: a quantitative descriptive-correlational study, conducted using a multistage sample selected by clusters, from participants who have completed the Questionnaire on Mental Health Literacy Assessment -QuALiSMental (Loureiro, Pedreiro and Correia, 2012). Results: statistically significant differences were found in levels of personal and perceived stigma.…”

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Estigma pessoal e percebido acerca do abuso de álcool e intenção de procura de ajuda

Loureiro¹

2013

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Enquadramento: os estigmas, pessoal e percebido, são referidos na literatura como entraves e barreiras à procura de ajuda em saúde mental, assim como áreas de intervenção comunitárias a privilegiar. Objetivos: comparar os níveis de estigma pessoal e percebido dos adolescentes e jovens portugueses acerca do abuso de álcool; identificar os preditores da intenção de procura de ajuda em situação de consumo abusivo de álcool. Metodologia: estudo de natureza quantitativa, de tipo descritivo-correlacional, realizado a partir de uma amostra selecionada em multi-etapas por clusters, tendo sido administrado o Questionário de Avaliação da Literacia em Saúde Mental (QuALiSMental) de Loureiro, Pedreiro e Correia (2012). Resultados: são encontradas diferenças estatisticamente significativas nos níveis de estigma pessoal e percebido. O género tem influência nos estigmas, assim como a familiaridade e o reconhecimento. Os estigmas, pessoal e percebido, assim como a familiaridade e reconhecimento são preditores da procura de ajuda. Conclusões: sendo o consumo de álcool em adolescentes e jovens em grande parte socialmente difundido e culturalmente justificado, devem privilegiar-se campanhas de educação e sensibilização que favoreçam a redução do estigma percebido, isto porque as perturbações associadas ao álcool são das que implicam maior estigma e discriminação sociais.

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Reconhecimento da Depressão e Crenças sobre Procura de Ajuda em Jovens Portugueses

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References 11 publications

Evidence of Mental Health in University Students: A Contribution to Literacy

Evidence of Mental Health in University Students: A Contribution to Literacy

Mental health literacy about depression: a survey of portuguese youth

Estigma pessoal e percebido acerca do abuso de álcool e intenção de procura de ajuda

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