The effects of an adapted mental health literacy curriculum for secondary school students in Germany on mental health knowledge and help-seeking efficacy: results of a quasi-experimental pre-post evaluation study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Because the majority of mental illnesses develop early in life, effective preventative public mental health interventions are needed. Interventions fostering mental health literacy can be used to enhance personal resources and capacities to facilitate mental health care and thus, address help-seeking barriers. A Canadian mental health literacy school curriculum was adapted, piloted, and evaluated for the use in German schools. The study presents the intervention's effects on mental health knowledge and help-seeking efficacy among 10^th grade students in Germany.

Methods

10^th grade students (aged 14-17 years old) from one secondary school participated in a pre- and post-intervention control group study. Both groups completed a questionnaire at

SUBMITTER: Fretian AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468570 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature