ABSTRACT

This descriptive study examined parents’ knowledge of and attitudes about child and adolescent mental health, referred to here as parental mental health literacy (MHL). A sample of parents responded to vignettes about children and adolescents experiencing symptoms of ADHD, depression, and psychosis. Parents’ MHL varied widely in response to the different vignettes, with respondents showing greater knowledge and less stigmatizing attitudes about ADHD than about the other mental health disorders presented in the vignettes. Social workers are encouraged to be more active in increasing parental MHL and educating the public to reduce stigma around child and adolescent mental health problems.

摘要

这项描述性研究调查了父母对儿童和青少年心理健康的知识和态度，在这里被称为父母心理健康素养（MHL）。父母的样本回答了关于患有多动症，抑郁和精神病症状的儿童和青少年的短片。父母对MHL的反应程度各异，与被访者表现出的其他精神健康障碍相比，受访者对ADHD表现出更多的知识和更少的污蔑态度。鼓励社会工作者更加积极地增加父母的MHL并教育公众减少对儿童和青少年心理健康问题的污名。