Mental health literacy: empowering the community to take action for better mental health.

By Anthony F Jorm. American Psychologist, 2012

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The Global Burden of Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders: An Analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (2015, background): “Furthermore, explanations for the onset and progression of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders may be explained through mechanisms such the presence of spirits or curses rather than as medical disorders [5].”
Mental Health Literacy: A Review of What It Is and Why It Matters (2018, background): “This literature has been greatly rejuvenated by the expanding literature on what is called MHL introduced by Jorm and colleagues (Jorm, 2000, 2012, 2015; Jorm et al., 1997) to refer to public knowledge and recognition of mental disorders, as well as knowing how and where to seek help.”
The Impact of Mental Illness Stigma on Seeking and Participating in Mental Health Care (2014, background): “Mental health first aid is a well-developed and tested approach to improving knowledge in order to enhance treatment participation ( Jorm, 2012; Kitchener & Jorm, 2008).”
Mental Health Literacy (2016, background): “The importance of MHL in helping to improve health outcomes for people and populations has been recognized, and some positive initial interventions directed at this goal have been applied.(16,19,26) Given the situation as it currently stands, numerous future directions for the further development an”
The role of social media in sex education: Dispatches from queer, trans, and racialized communities (2018, background): “Health literacy stems from contemporary public health scholarship and has been successfully applied in health psychology to explain the relationship between social cognition and health actions (Jorm, 2012; Von Wagner, Steptoe, Wolf, & Wardle, 2009).”
The impact of mental health literacy, stigma, and social support on attitudes toward mental health help-seeking (2017, background): “…knowledge and beliefs about mental illness such as treatment options and effectiveness of treatment (i.e. mental health literacy), social support encouraging help-seeking, and stigma (Gulliver et al., 2010; Jorm, 2012; Jorm, 2000; Rüsch et al., 2014; Vogel, Wade, Wester, Larson, & Hackler, 2007).”
Mental Health Smartphone Apps: Review and Evidence-Based Recommendations for Future Developments (2016, unknown): “Presenting mental health information and engaging individuals in psychoeducation can lead to boosts in mental health literacy (MHL) [203].”
Barriers to and Facilitators of User Engagement With Digital Mental Health Interventions: Systematic Review (2021, background): “Mental health literacy refers to knowledge about mental health symptoms and appropriate treatment options [238].”