Measuring mental health literacy-a review of scale-based measures

Journal of Mental Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 197-204

  O'Connor, Matt ^a   Casey, Leanne ^a,b   Clough, Bonnie ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Measure; Mental health; Mental health literacy; Psychometric

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH LITERACY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84905013264     PISSN: 09638237     EISSN: 13600567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638237.2014.910646     Document Type: Review

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