Ingunn Skre|Oddgeir Friborg|Camilla Breivik|Lars Inge Johnsen|Yngvild Arnesen|Catharina Elisabeth Arfwedson Wang
A school intervention for mental health literacy in adolescents: effects of a non-randomized cluster controlled trial
UiT The Arctic University of Norway|UiT The Arctic University of Norway|UiT The Arctic University of Norway|UiT The Arctic University of Norway|UiT The Arctic University of Norway|UiT The Arctic University of Norway
mental health everyone school program mental health literacy prevention aimed secondary schools 1315 yrs main aim investigate whether mental health literacy could improved 3days universal education programme improving naming symptom profiles mental disorder b reducing prejudiced beliefs c improving knowledge seek help mental health problems secondary aim investigate whether adolescent sex age influenced mentioned variables third aim investigate whether prejudiced beliefs influenced knowledge available helpthis nonrandomized cluster controlled trial included 1070 adolescents 539 boys age 14 yrs three schools norwegian town one school n 520 received intervention two schools n 550 formed control group pretest followup three months apart linear mixed models generalized estimating equations models employed analysismental health literacy improved contingent intervention shift towards suggesting primary health care place seek help prejudiced beliefs suggest places seek help mental health problems generally girls older adolescents recognized symptom profiles better lower levels prejudiced beliefsa low cost general school program may improve mental health literacy adolescents gender specific programs attention age maturity students considered mental health literacy programmes designed tried prejudice addressed imparting information mental health issues