Mental Health Literacy of Youth That Have a Family Member With a Mental Illness: Outcomes From a New Program and Scale
A program evaluation examined mental health literacy levels and coping outcomes for youth (ages 10-16), before and at the end of their participation in a manualized, school-based mental health literacy program called Youth Education and Support (YES). Most of the youth reportedly had a parent or oth...
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Published in | Frontiers in psychiatry Vol. 10; p. 2 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Switzerland
Frontiers Media S.A
04.02.2019
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Summary: | A program evaluation examined mental health literacy levels and coping outcomes for youth (ages 10-16), before and at the end of their participation in a manualized, school-based mental health literacy program called Youth Education and Support (YES). Most of the youth reportedly had a parent or other family member with a mental health disorder such as depression, anxiety, and/or substance abuse. The mental health literacy levels of program participants from pre to post were evaluated with the developing Knowledge of Mental Illness and Recovery (K-MIR) scale. This scale was validated using item-response theory, demonstrating good psychometric properties. Youth answered two coping questions about their use of positive coping during the program and coping skills compared from pre to post intervention. Findings revealed that youth levels of mental health literacy increased significantly from pre to post program participation. Over 90% of the youth reported an improved use of positive coping strategies from pre to post intervention. The program appeared to deliver enhanced levels of literacy and coping for this sample of youth. The scale appeared to be appropriate to measure youth mental health literacy. Recommendations for practice, policy, and research are offered. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 This article was submitted to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, a section of the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry Edited by: Jean Marc Guile, University of Picardie Jules Verne, France Reviewed by: Monique Plaza, Center for the National Scientific Research (CNRS), France; Vivek Agarwal, King George's Medical University, India |
ISSN: | 1664-0640 1664-0640 |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpsyt.2019.00002 |