School-based interventions targeting stigma of mental illness: systematic review

Mellor, Catriona

doi:10.1192/pb.bp.112.041723

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“…Schools play a central role, providing a systematic way for targeting adolescents in a location where they spend considerable time (Sturgeon, 2007). This environment provides a useful platform for promoting mental health (Jan -Llopis and Barry, 2005) and school-based programmes have included improving awareness and reducing stigmatisation (Mellor, 2014). In these programmes, an inclusive approach is essentialone that involves school personnel and efforts that are sensitive to developmental factors and population diversity (Weist and Murray, 2008).…”

Section: Promotion and Prevention Are Important To Address This Problmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of social media in promoting mental health in adolescents

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Hughes

et al. 2018

Health Promotion International

107

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The growing prevalence of adolescent mental disorders poses significant challenges for education and healthcare systems globally. Providers are therefore keen to identify effective ways of promoting positive mental health. This aim of this qualitative study was to explore perceptions that social media might be leveraged for the purposes of mental health promotion amongst adolescents aged between 11 and 18 years. Utilizing focus groups conducted with adolescents (N = 54), educational professionals (N = 16) and mental health practitioners (N = 8). We explored their views about the value of social media for this purpose. Three themes were identified. First, social media appears to have potential to promote positive mental health. Second, adolescents frequently utilize social media and the internet to seek information about mental health. Finally, there are benefits and challenges to using social media in this way. We conclude that despite challenges of using social media and the risks, social media does offer a useful way of educating and reaching adolescents to promote mental wellbeing.

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Section: Promotion and Prevention Are Important To Address This Problmentioning

confidence: 99%

Potential of social media in promoting mental health in adolescents

O’Reilly

Dogra

Hughes

et al. 2018

Health Promotion International

107

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“…The full search strategy is provided in the Appendix A. Additional data sources included reference lists of appropriate existing systematic literature reviews [29,30,[32][33][34][35][36]. The relevant references from these reviews were included in the data set.…”

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Can video interventions be used to effectively destigmatize mental illness among young people? A systematic review

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ABSTRACT:Video is considered to be an effective, easy to use tool employed in anti-stigma interventions among young people. Mass media has been shown to be effective for reducing stigma; however, there is insufficient evidence to determine the destigmatization effects of videos specifically. This article systematically reviews the effectiveness of video intervention in reducing stigma among young people between 13 and 25 years.We searched 13 electronic databases including randomized controlled trials, cluster randomized controlled trials, and controlled before and after studies. Of the 1426 abstracts identified, 23 studies (reported in 22 papers) met the inclusion criteria.Video interventions led to improvements in stigmatising attitudes. Video was found to be more effective than other interventions, such as classical face-to-face educational sessions or simulation of hallucinations. According to results of two studies, social contact delivered via video achieved similar destigmatization effect to that delivered via a live intervention.Although the quality of studies as well as the form of video interventions varied, the findings suggest that video is a promising destigmatization tool among young people; however, more studies in this area are needed. There was a lack of evidence for interventions outside of school environments, in low-and middle-income countries, and studies which looked at long-term outcomes or measured impact on actual behaviour and implicit attitudes. The review generates recommendations for video interventions targeted at young people.

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“…The reasons may vary. Although our study did not examine use of behavioral health treatment in other settings such as psychotropic medication use and pediatric care due to the limited data, older children with psychiatric disorders may seek out other types of behavioral health services because of perceived stigma attached to using school-based services (Corrigan, Kerr, & Knudsen, 2005; Gulliver, Griffiths, & Christensen, 2010; Mellor, 2014). Adolescents with other psychiatric disorders such as affective mood disorder and substance abuse may use more psychotropic medication than other types of behavioral services.…”

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confidence: 99%