Vovou, F;
Hull, L;
Petrides, KV;
(2020)
Mental health literacy of ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder: a cross-cultural investigation.
Journal of Mental Health
10.1080/09638237.2020.1713999.
(In press).
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Abstract
Background: Mental health literacy (MHL) is linked to help-seeking behaviours. Although lay people are not always well aware of mental health conditions, few international campaigns and interventions have been developed to raise awareness across cultures.Aims: To investigate MHL cross-culturally and to identify factors that are associated with MHL.Method: Using an online survey, 506 participants (103 Greek, 108 UK, 146 USA, 149 other nationality) read and labelled five vignettes of individuals with Autism, ADHD, Schizophrenia, Bipolar disorder and a healthy control. Factors influencing response, confidence and accuracy were compared across all participants, and the effect of various demographics on accurate labelling was compared between countries.Results: Recognition rates were higher than in previous investigations: 75.5% of participants recognised the Healthy vignette, 71.1% ADHD, 61.7% Autism, 56.6% Schizophrenia and 31.6% Bipolar. MHL varied across different countries, with religion, language spoken, and education having the greatest effects. Personal experience of mental illness partially affected MHL.Conclusions: MHL is relatively high for some mental health conditions, but public knowledge of other conditions is still poor. Factors influencing MHL vary across countries.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Mental health literacy of ADHD, autism, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder: a cross-cultural investigation |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09638237.2020.1713999 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2020.1713999 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | ADHD, Mental health, autism, bipolar disorder, cross-cultural, mental health literacy, schizophrenia |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10091192 |
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| 2. |  United Kingdom | 61 |
| 3. |  Australia | 26 |
| 4. |  China | 19 |
| 5. |  Canada | 15 |
| 6. |  Germany | 10 |
| 7. |  India | 10 |
| 8. |  Thailand | 9 |
| 9. |  Taiwan | 8 |
| 10. |  Netherlands | 7 |
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