Arnavutköy District Health Directorate, Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Health, Tasoluk Mahallesi, Akbaba Sokak No:3 Kat:2 Arnavutkoy, Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Tahtakale Mahallesi, Suleymaniye Takvimhane Cad. No:19, 34116 Fatih, Istanbul, Turkey.
J Sch Health. 2023 Aug;93(8):698-706. doi: 10.1111/josh.13316. Epub 2023 Mar 2.
Mental health literacy is important for awareness of mental illnesses in adolescence, which is the initial period of mental disorders. Determining the levels of mental health literacy guides studies in activities promoting mental health. This study aimed to determine the mental health literacy levels of high school students and teachers and related factors.
Our study is a cross-sectional study. A total of 1051 people (students and teachers) were included in the Fatih District of Istanbul were included in our study. The mental health literacy levels of the participants were evaluated with the Mental Health Literacy Questionnaire. This questionnaire includes scenarios about mental problems called "vignettes" and questions about them.
Students' recognition percentages of depression, schizophrenia, and social phobia vignettes were found to be 28.1%, 46.5%, and 5.9%, respectively. For the person who was described in the vignettes, the "family physician" was chosen as the least by students and teachers. A statistically significant relationship was found between students' mental health literacy levels and sex, grade, father education levels, and experiencing vignette similar issues (p < .005). Additionally, teachers who were not school administrators and experienced vignette similar issues levels were higher (p < .005).
These results showed us that mental health literacy levels are low in high schools. School-based intervention studies on this issue are of critical importance. In addition, it is seen that individuals do not consider asking for help with mental health problems from primary care services. This shows the inadequacy of the integration of primary health care services and mental health services.
心理健康素养对于青少年时期的心理健康意识至关重要，因为这个时期是精神障碍的初始阶段。确定心理健康素养水平可以指导促进心理健康的相关研究。本研究旨在确定高中生和教师的心理健康素养水平及其相关因素。
我们的研究是一项横断面研究。共有 1051 人（学生和教师）被纳入伊斯坦布尔法提赫区的研究。参与者的心理健康素养水平通过心理健康素养问卷进行评估。该问卷包括关于心理问题的场景（称为“小插图”）及其相关问题。
学生对抑郁症、精神分裂症和社交恐惧症小插图的识别率分别为 28.1%、46.5%和 5.9%。对于小插图中描述的人，学生和教师选择“家庭医生”的比例最低。学生的心理健康素养水平与性别、年级、父亲教育水平和经历小插图类似问题之间存在显著的统计学关系（p<0.005）。此外，非学校管理人员和经历过类似小插图问题的教师的心理健康素养水平更高（p<0.005）。
这些结果表明，高中学生的心理健康素养水平较低。在这个问题上开展基于学校的干预研究至关重要。此外，人们并不认为可以向初级保健服务机构寻求心理健康问题的帮助。这表明初级卫生保健服务和心理健康服务的整合不足。
