Melissa D. Pinto|M. Cynthia Logsdon|John Myers
Feasibility, acceptability, and initial efficacy of a knowledge-contact program to reduce mental illness stigma and improve mental health literacy in adolescents
Case Western Reserve University|University of Louisville|University of Louisville
purpose schoolbased clusterrandomized trial determine initial acceptability feasibility efficacy existing communitybased intervention voice sample us adolescent girls aged 1317 years n 156 voice knowledgecontact intervention provides knowledge mental illness improve mental health literacy facilitates intergroup contact persons mental illness means reduce mental illness stigma longitudinal study set two public high schools located southern urban community us outcomes included measures mental illness stigma mental health literacy findings support acceptability feasibility intervention adolescents enrolled study findings support efficacy voice reduce stigma improve mental health literacy mixed intervention reduce mental illness stigma improve mental health literacy one week follow intervention reduce mental illness stigma 4 8 weeks follow intervention improve mental health literacy 4 8 weeks follow previous studies assessed preliminary efficacy voice among young adults rarely voice investigated longitudinally adolescents united states study provides initial data effects voice population used adapt intervention adolescents