Beliefs about appropriate first aid for young people with mental disorders: findings from an Australian national survey of youth and parents

Jorm, Anthony F.; Wright, Annemarie; Morgan, Amy J.

doi:10.1111/j.1751-7893.2007.00012.x

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“…Health literacy for mental health problems-aka mental health literacy [17]-has been shown to be limited in general population adults [18][19][20][21][22] and youth [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33], whereby many people fail to recognize and correctly label common psychiatric disorders and are limited in their knowledge about how to take appropriate action for themselves and others. These findings have particular relevance for caregivers of children with mental health problems.…”

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“…Second, studies that have assessed knowledge about a mental health condition and its 4 treatment largely were based upon vignettes portraying people with a mental disorder (i.e., hypothetical scenarios), rarely focusing on those actually affected by the condition, such as parents (e.g. [26,27,[34][35][36][37]). Third, a description of health services utilization among young children (under the age of 15 years) living in Switzerland is largely lacking.…”

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Children with mental versus physical health problems: differences in perceived disease severity, health care service utilization and parental health literacy

Dey

Wang

Jorm

et al. 2014

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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2 ABSTRACTPurpose: To compare children with mental and physical health problems regarding i) perceived disease severity; ii) the impact of their condition on their families; iii) their utilization of health care services (including satisfaction with care); and iv) parents' health literacy about their child's condition and its treatment. Furthermore, we examined whether parents' health literacy differs between types of mental health condition. Methods:Parental reports about their 9 to 14 year old children with mental (n=785) or physical health problems (n=475) were analysed from the population-based National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs in Switzerland.Results: Mental health problems were perceived as being more severe (p<.001) and exerting a larger impact upon the family (e.g., financial impact) than physical health problems. Furthermore, fewer parents of children with a mental health problem mentioned having a particular person or place to contact if they needed information or advice regarding the child's condition (p=.004) and were satisfied with the health care services their child received (p<.001). The odds of low health literacy was higher among parents with children suffering from mental health problems versus parents of children with physical health problems (OR in the adjusted model=1.92; 95% CI = 1.47-2.50; p<.001); this finding held generally for mental health problem (although only a trend was observable for internalizing problems). Conclusions:The large impact of children's mental health conditions on themselves and their families might be reduced by adapting the provision of health care and by increasing parents' health literacy.

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Children with mental versus physical health problems: differences in perceived disease severity, health care service utilization and parental health literacy

Dey

Wang

Jorm

et al. 2014

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…Symptom recognition is assessed by using three vignettes with gender-matched descriptions of 15-year old adolescents with depression, social anxiety and psychosis, respectively [40].…”

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A Game-Based School Program for Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Regarding Depression (Moving Stories): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Tuijnman¹,

Kleinjan²,

Hoogendoorn³

et al. 2018

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BACKGROUND The prevalence of elevated depressive symptoms among youth in most western societies is high. Yet, most adolescents who are experiencing depressive symptoms do not seek help. Low mental health literacy, high stigma, and low social support have been shown to hinder help-seeking. A small number of interventions has been developed to target mental health literacy and stigma, but few focus on actual help-seeking and first aid behavior. We have developed a game-based school program called Moving Stories that targets mental health literacy, including knowledge and behavior, and stigma among adolescents, in regard to depression specifically. OBJECTIVE Our aim is to describe the protocol for a study that will test the effectiveness of the program Moving Stories in a Dutch adolescent sample. We hypothesize that adolescents who participate in the program Moving Stories will have better mental health literacy and less stigma regarding depression compared to adolescents in the nonintervention control group at posttest and at 3- and 6-months follow-up. We also expect a positive change in actual help-seeking and first aid behavior at 3- and 6-months follow-up. METHODS Moving Stories has been developed by a professional game design company in collaboration with researchers and relevant stakeholders. The effectiveness of Moving Stories will be tested through a randomized controlled trial with two conditions: Moving Stories versus control. Participants will fill in questionnaires at pretest, posttest, and 3- and 6-months follow-up. Our power analysis showed a required sample size of 180 adolescents. RESULTS Four high schools have agreed to participate with a total of 10 classes. A total of 185 adolescents filled in the pretest questionnaire. The last of the follow-up data was collected in December 2018. CONCLUSIONS If Moving Stories proves to be effective, it could be implemented as a school-based program to target mental health literacy and stigma regarding depression; this could, in turn, improve early help-seeking in adolescents suffering from depression. CLINICALTRIAL Nederlands Trial Register NTR7033; https://www.trialregister.nl/trial/6855 INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPOR DERR1-10.2196/11255

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“…Of the 1466 youth respondents who lived with at least one parent, 982 (67%) had a parent who also completed a parent interview, 68% of whom were mothers (see Jorm et al 2007 for more details). This paper focuses on parent respondents only.…”

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Parents' beliefs about actions they can take to prevent depressive disorders in young people: results from an Australian national survey

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Jorm

2011

Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci

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Beliefs about appropriate first aid for young people with mental disorders: findings from an Australian national survey of youth and parents

Abstract: Objective: To determine the mental health first-aid knowledge and beliefs of young people and their parents.

Cited by 170 publications

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Children with mental versus physical health problems: differences in perceived disease severity, health care service utilization and parental health literacy

Children with mental versus physical health problems: differences in perceived disease severity, health care service utilization and parental health literacy

A Game-Based School Program for Mental Health Literacy and Stigma Regarding Depression (Moving Stories): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Parents' beliefs about actions they can take to prevent depressive disorders in young people: results from an Australian national survey

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