Mahmoodi Seyed Mohammad Hossein, Ahmadzad-Asl Masoud, Eslami Mohammad, Abdi Mohadeseh, Hosseini Kahnamoui Yasamin, Rasoulian Maryam
Mental Health Research Center, School of Behavioral Sciences and Mental Health, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jun 13;13:893534. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.893534. eCollection 2022.
Inadequate Mental health literacy (MHL) is a problem worldwide. Research is limited in developing countries and about positive MHL. This study measured the disease-oriented MHL and positive MHL and investigated their association. In addition, this study explored the mental health information-seeking behavior among undergraduate students in Iran.
This study recruited undergraduate students of Tehran public universities through multistage stratified random sampling to undertake an analytical cross-sectional study. MHL was measured using Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) and Mental Health Positive Knowledge (MHPK). Participants' most used mental health information sources and their trust in them were also inspected.
A total of 543 students participated in this study. On average, the participants achieved about 65% of the total possible MHLS score, and 71% of participants showed sufficient MHPK score. The "internet" was the most used source for receiving and searching for mental health information. The most trusted source was "health care staff". This study detected no correlation between disease-oriented MHL and positive MHL.
Mental health literacy of Iranian students still seems to be insufficient. As disease-oriented MHL and positive MHL were not correlated, specific educational interventions for each domain are needed. Although the internet is the main source of mental health knowledge, the trust of student in it is low. This issue should be taken into consideration in designing online educational interventions.
心理健康素养不足是一个全球性问题。发展中国家以及关于积极心理健康素养的研究有限。本研究测量了以疾病为导向的心理健康素养和积极心理健康素养，并调查了它们之间的关联。此外，本研究还探讨了伊朗大学生的心理健康信息寻求行为。
本研究通过多阶段分层随机抽样招募了德黑兰公立大学的本科生，进行分析性横断面研究。使用心理健康素养量表（MHLS）和心理健康积极知识（MHPK）来测量心理健康素养。还检查了参与者最常用的心理健康信息来源以及他们对这些来源的信任度。
共有543名学生参与了本研究。平均而言，参与者获得了总分约65%的MHLS分数，71%的参与者表现出足够的MHPK分数。“互联网”是接收和搜索心理健康信息最常用的来源。最受信任的来源是“医护人员”。本研究未发现以疾病为导向的心理健康素养与积极心理健康素养之间存在相关性。
伊朗学生的心理健康素养似乎仍然不足。由于以疾病为导向的心理健康素养和积极心理健康素养不相关，因此每个领域都需要特定的教育干预措施。尽管互联网是心理健康知识的主要来源，但学生对其信任度较低。在设计在线教育干预措施时应考虑到这一问题。
