Mental Health Literacy: It Is Now Time to Put Knowledge into Practice

Francisco Sampaio; Patrícia Gonçalves; Carlos Sequeira

doi:10.3390/ijerph19127030

Mental Health Literacy: It Is Now Time to Put Knowledge into Practice

Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Jun 8;19(12):7030. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19127030.

Authors

Francisco Sampaio^{1

2}, Patrícia Gonçalves³, Carlos Sequeira^{2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Higher School of Health Fernando Pessoa, Rua Delfim Maia, 334, 4200-253 Porto, Portugal.
² CINTESIS@RISE-Center for Health Technology and Services Research/Health Research Network from the Lab to the Community, Rua Dr. Plácido da Costa, 4200-450 Porto, Portugal.
³ Institute of Health Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Rua de Diogo Botelho, 1327, 4169-005 Porto, Portugal.
⁴ Nursing School of Porto, Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 830, 844, 856, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal.

Abstract

The term 'mental health literacy' was first introduced in 1997, and it was defined as 'knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders which aid their recognition, management or prevention' [...].

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Literacy*
Humans
Mental Disorders* / psychology
Mental Disorders* / therapy
Mental Health