Mental health literacy about depression: a survey of portuguese youth

• Autor(es): Loureiro, Luís Manuel de Jesus ; Jorm, Anthony F ; Mendes, Aida Maria de Oliveira Cruz ; Santos, José Carlos Pereira dos ; Ferreira, Ricardo Jorge de Oliveira ; Pedreiro, Ana Teresa
• Data: 2013
• Origem: Repositório Científico da Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo
• Idioma: Inglês

Descrição

Depression is a common disorder in adolescents and young adults, but help seeking is low. Mental health literacy about depression is a key concept to plan interventions for improving help seeking. This study aimed to evaluate youth mental literacy about depression in order to design school-based interventions.