Jiayun Chng|Richard G. Burns|Kristen Murray|Dimity A. Crisp
A Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Literacy Study Among Australian Adults
Australian National University|Australian National University|Australian National University|University of Canberra
study aimed investigate mental health wellbeing literacy australian adults examining ability correctly discriminate mental health wellbeing indicators mental health indicators symptoms major depression disorder mdd generalized anxiety disorder gad diagnostic statistical manual mental disorders dsm wellbeing indicators derived european social survey ess personal wellbeing module reflect hedonic eudaimonic social wellbeing domains sample 705 australian adults aged gt 18 years 50 sd 159 recruited online survey assigned one two conditions indicators either negatively ncondition1 359 positively ncondition2 346 framed initial discrimination task participants generally able correctly identify indicators reflecting mental health wellbeing positive condition reported slightly higher literacy attributed differences couple items second discrimination task participants provided additional option classifying indicators reflecting mental health wellbeing conditions participants generally classified wellbeing mental health indicators although many wellbeing mental health researchers carefully discriminate wellbeing mental health lay community members distinction may less important findings implications theoretical frameworks mental health wellbeing may inform clinical practice used improve quality educational campaigns targeting community mental health wellbeing literacy