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Mental health literacy: empowering the community to take action for better mental health
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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. However, this type of public knowledge about mental disorders (mental health literacy) has received much less attention. There is evidence from surveys in several countries for deficiencies in (a) the public's knowledge of how to prevent mental disorders, (b) recognition of when a disorder is developing, (c) knowledge of help-seeking options and treatments available, (d) knowledge of effective self-help strategies for milder problems, and (e) first aid skills to support others affected by mental health problems. Nevertheless, there is evidence that a range of interventions can improve mental health literacy, including whole-of-community campaigns, interventions in educational settings, Mental Health First Aid training, and information websites. There is also evidence for historical improvements in mental health literacy in some countries. Increasing the community's mental health literacy needs to be a focus for national policy and population monitoring so that the whole community is empowered to take action for better mental health.
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“…important branch of health literacy, mental health literacy was first introduced by Jorm et al [19], focusing initially on individuals' ability to recognize, understand, and address mental health issues, while emphasizing the reduction of stigma and the enhancement of help-seeking willingness [20].”
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“, professional help-seeking or counselling) [10,11] by improving help-seeking attitudes [9,12] and behaviors [13].”
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“…conteúdos abordados no programa onde é clarificado que a ideia de que questionar acerca do suicídio não coloca a ideia na cabeça da pessoa nem impulsiona a tomada de decisão para tal, proporcionando, pelo contrário, que a pessoa fale acerca daquilo que sente e procure ajuda (Yap & Jorm, 2012).”
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“However, because of several reasons such as lacking mental health knowledge, and stigmatizing attitudes towards mental patients, A large number of people with mental health problems are not motivated to seek professional help [3], [4].”
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“Training Latinx community members in MHFA has the potential to increase MHFA trainees’ mental health literacy (i.e., mental health knowledge, help-seeking self-efficacy, mental health attitudes); thereby, empowering them to promote mental health in their community (Jorm, 2012; Kutcher et al., 2016).”
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“Accordingly, MHL also includes the ability to notice a developing mental illness, the knowledge of help or treatment options, as well as the ability to self-help or support others affected by a mental health problem [2].”
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“Mental health literacy represents one’s knowledge and beliefs regarding mental illness that assists in the recognition, prevention, and management of mental healthrelated concerns (Crowe et al 2018; Jorm 2012).”
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COVID-19 in Brazil: Are there any differences in Mental Health Literacy between young and aged men?
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“Self-help skills are essential for self-management in mental health, as well as the recognition of when and how to implement them(8-11,28).”
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“This approach allowed us to examine whether there was intention to perform each component and whether that actually occurred and is consistent with prior work in this area (Yap & Jorm, 2012).”
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“For a culturally adaptive intervention program to be acceptable and appropriate, it is imperative to consider the cultural and linguistic diversity of its target community [30].”
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“This may be due to reasons such as lack of knowledge about mental health and mental disorders, mental illness stigma, and limited access to appropriate mental health services (8).”
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“It means that people need to have more knowledge on how professional help can be effective, and that knowledge needs to be consistent with the professional's understanding (Jorm, 2012).”
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“…include immigrants’ prior negative experiences with health care providers in their native countries (Dow, 2011), low mental health literacy (Jorm, 2012), stigma regarding receipt of mental health care services (Dow, 2011; Hoskins, Duncan, Moskowitz, & Ordóñez, 2018), and limited English…”
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“There are views that because mental health disorders are so prevalent, there is a need to increase the community’s mental health literacy to enable the whole community to take action for better mental health [30].”
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“Mental health literacy is a term introduced by Jorm et. al. (1997) which defined as “knowledge and belief about mental disorder which aid their recognition, management and prevention.”
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“…gaps in treatment-seeking include the stigma that accompanies both having and seeking help for a mental disorder, poor mental health literacy (e.g. having difficulty identifying symptoms as mental disorders), and a lack of knowledge about treatment and services (Gulliver et al., 2010; Jorm, 2012).”
Background
Metadata
- Authors
- Jorm, A. F.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Jorm, Anthony F.
- ORCID
- Jorm, Anthony F.
- Venue
- American Psychologist
- Published
- 2012-04
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 231-243
- ISSN
- 0003-066X (ISSN-L)
- 1935-990X
- OpenAlex
- W2067652354
- Cited by
- 1,783
- References
- 109
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 40.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Psychologist (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Minerva Access (University of Melbourne) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health Literacy and Information Accessibility
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Keywords
- mental health literacy, mental disorder prevention, help-seeking, self-help strategies, mental health first aid, mental health education, mental health policy, population monitoring
- MeSH terms
- Mental Disorders, Community Mental Health Services, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mental Health, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Surveys and Questionnaires, Health Literacy, Early Medical Intervention
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