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Publication Date: 2006
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Mental Health Education: An Evaluation of a Classroom Based Strategy to Modify Help Seeking for Mental Health Problems
Sharp, William; Hargrove, David S.; Johnson, Laura; Deal, William P.
Journal of College Student Development, v47 n4 p419-438 Jul-Aug 2006
The current study assessed the impact of a brief psychoeducational intervention on participants' attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help. The 40-minute intervention focused on dispelling myths and stigmas associated with mental illness, modifying expectations about psychotherapy effectiveness, and providing students with information regarding treatment options. Compared to the control condition, participants in the classroom group showed significant improvements in attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, as well as in some of their opinions about mental illness, for up to one month following the intervention. These finding suggest that the use of a brief, classroom-based mental health education program is a promising method to modify help-seeking attitudes and negative opinions of the mentally ill. (Contains 2 figures and 3 tables.)
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Health Education, Help Seeking, Health Promotion, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Psychoeducational Methods, Intervention, Psychotherapy, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Mental Disorders
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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