Improving mental health literacy as a strategy to facilitate early intervention for mental disorders
Abstract
Good mental health literacy in young people and their key helpers may lead to better outcomes for those with mental disorders, either by facilitating early help-seeking by young people themselves, or by helping adults to identify early signs of mental disorders and seek help on their behalf. Few interventions to improve mental health literacy of young people and their helpers have been evaluated, and even fewer have been well evaluated. There are four categories of interventions to improve mental health literacy: whole-of-community campaigns; community campaigns aimed at a youth audience; school-based interventions teaching help-seeking skills, mental health literacy, or resilience; and programs training individuals to better intervene in a mental health crisis. The effectiveness of future interventions could be enhanced by using specific health promotion models to guide their development.
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- Authors
- Kelly, C. M., Jorm, A. F., & Wright, A.
- Affiliations
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kelly, Claire M
- Venue
- Medical Journal of Australia
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2007-10
- Volume
- 187
- Issue
- S7
- Pages
- S26-30
- ISSN
- 0025-729X (ISSN-L)
- 1326-5377
- OpenAlex
- W2417351459
- Cited by
- 598
- References
- 27
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 34 · 2024: 57 · 2023: 60 · 2022: 58 · 2021: 58 · 2020: 51 · 2019: 38 · 2018: 31 · 2017: 32 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 22 · 2014: 23 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 14.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- The Medical Journal of Australia (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Keywords
- mental health literacy, early intervention, mental illness, youth, help-seeking, early detection of mental disorders, school-based intervention, resilience, crisis intervention training, community campaigns, health promotion model, mental health promotion
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Community Mental Health Services, Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Mental Health, Early Diagnosis
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