Food Department, Nagasaki Junior College , Sasebo, Japan.
Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Science, Unit of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences , Nagasaki, Japan.
Eat Disord. 2021 Jan-Feb;29(1):17-28. doi: 10.1080/10640266.2019.1610629. Epub 2019 May 11.
Mental health literacy (MHL) refers to one's knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders. MHL is necessary for the prevention and early detection of eating disorders, but little research exists on the MHL of Japanese people. This paper aims to reveal the degree of MHL about eating disorders in the Japanese individuals most susceptible to them (namely, female university students). Female Japanese university students were surveyed with a self-report questionnaire, using the Japanese versions of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa vignettes. Most participants responded that the main problem described in each vignette were "eating disorders" and tended to suggest medical care for the treatment. However, many still believed these issues to be simple problems of eating behavior. Overall, the participants demonstrated inadequate MHL about eating disorders. Initiatives to improve this population's knowledge and understanding of eating disorders are necessary.
心理健康素养（MHL）是指一个人对精神障碍的知识和信念。MHL 对于预防和早期发现饮食失调症是必要的，但关于日本人的 MHL 的研究很少。本文旨在揭示最易患饮食失调症的日本人（即女大学生）的 MHL 程度。女日本大学生通过自报告问卷进行了调查，使用的是日本厌食症和贪食症的案例。大多数参与者回答说，每个案例中描述的主要问题是“饮食失调症”，并倾向于建议进行医疗护理。然而，许多人仍然认为这些问题是简单的饮食行为问题。总的来说，参与者对饮食失调症的 MHL 不足。有必要采取措施提高这部分人群对饮食失调症的认识和理解。
