The Relationship Between Mental Health Literacy and Mental Illness Attitudes and Knowledge: A Structural Equation Model.
Objectives: Enhancing mental health literacy (MHL) through school‐based education intervention may encourage mental health promotion, prevention, and care and reduce stigma in adolescents. Over the last few decades, this has been a major area of interest for researchers and health planners. This stu...
| Published in: | Perspectives in Psychiatric Care pp. 1 - 10 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
3/31/2025
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