Eleanor Taylor-Rodgers|Philip J. Batterham
Evaluation of an online psychoeducation intervention to promote mental health help seeking attitudes and intentions among young adults: Randomised controlled trial
Australian National University|Australian National University
research consistently identified disparity prevalence mental health concerns among young adults rates formal help seeking however randomised controlled trials identified effective interventions increasing formal help seeking among young adults aim study evaluate effectiveness brief online psychoeducational intervention targeting depression anxiety suicide stigma increasing positive attitudes towards help seeking increasing help seeking intentions among young adults study followed singleblind parallel group randomized controlled trial design 67 young adult 1825 years australian participants assigned receive online psychoeducation n33 online attentionmatched control information n34 3 weeks participants experimental group received information depression anxiety suicide control group received information unrelated mental health primary outcome measures mental health literacy mental illness stigma attitudes toward professional help seeking intentions seek help secondary outcome variables symptomology satisfaction adherence significant betweengroup differences found pre posttest including increased anxiety literacy cohens d065 decreased depression stigma d053 increased help seeking attitudes intentions experimental group d058 d053 respectively due small sample size homogenous nature sample generalisations made caution study demonstrates utility effectiveness brief online psychoeducation intervention promoting help seeking among young adults