mental health literacy and ontario young people: major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder
abstract
this study examined the mental health literacy of a group of young people, with particular
interest to their ability to correctly label, identify symptoms, and recommend appropriate help
sources for major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and bipolar disorder.
respondents were 88 ontario, canada residents (26 males, 62 females) aged 18-24. respondents
provided mixed knowledge in ability to determine whether an individual was dealing with
mental illness as well as mixed knowledge in labeling the mental disorders examined and
identifying the symptoms of each disorder. respondents were significantly more likely to
correctly label major depressive disorder opposed to generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar
disorder. as well, respondents were significantly more likely to label appropriate symptoms for
major depressive disorder opposed to generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder. our
findings suggest that young people have a greater mental health literacy for major depressive
disorder opposed to generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar disorder. results are discussed
in light of prior adolescent and young adult mental health literacy and clinical implications.
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