All of us? An exploration of the concept of mental health literacy based on young people’s responses to fictional mental health vignettes

Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 129-136

  Chambers, D ^a   Murphy, F ^a   Keeley, H S ^b  

^a ReachOutcom service   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Foucault; Governmentality; Mental health literacy; Mental health policy; Youth mental health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC RECESSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; IRELAND; IRISH (CITIZEN); KNOWLEDGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; URBAN AREA; VIGNETTE; YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH;

EID: 84921859212     PISSN: 07909667     EISSN: 20516967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ipm.2014.82     Document Type: Article

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