Marcia Zorrilla

Hi everyone, I have a Facebook page on mental health literacy, take a look and please "like" my page. https://www.facebook.com/MentalHealthLiteracy

Here is a link to the abstract I published that describes the methods and scale. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19325037.2019.1616014

Hi everyone, I have a Facebook page on mental health literacy. I post the latest on mental health literacy as well resources on depression and anxiety to inform adolescents, young adults, and people who care about them. Take a look around and "like" my page https://www.facebook.com/MentalHealthLiteracy/

Natalee, thank you so much for your kind words and support! I'm really proud of the work we do together at the clinic!

Hi Adrienne, Thanks for your post! What's your major at SLU? My study is San Francisco-based, so if you know of young adults or colleagues in the area, tell them about my online survey. My study website is here: www.helpingyoungyadults.com You can also spread the word about my experiment.com/youngmillennials.

Thank you so much Maria! Best of luck to you as well :)

Thank you Judy. This topic is very near to my heart.

Sure! Thanks for asking. I'm synthesizing and modifying two surveys: one on mental health literacy (Reavley et al 2014) and theory of planned behavior (TPB) on help-seeking (Mo & Mak, 2009). For the MHL, the researchers not only assessed depression, but also anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. They also had a huge n (6019); their survey was done by phone in Australia. The participants who take the online survey are given a vignette of a young person exhibiting some type of mental illness; I want to see if they recognize it, then they are asked how that person can best be helped (variety of interventions from medication to diet). Based on their answers, there is a MHL score that sums up their MHL on the specific mental illness I'm studying. I'm using the constructs of TPB to assess help-seeking (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, MHL (score), and perceived barriers). For the TPB, I'm having them imagine that they are the person in the vignette. There are background factors (variables) that may predict help-seeking intention, so the ones I'm using are: gender, race/ethnicity, educational level, acculturation, parenthood, mental health status (I'm using the PHQ2), knowing someone with mental illness, marijuana & alcohol use, and mental health service utilization. Some feedback I've received from people who have taken the survey is that it's "the best MH survey I 've ever taken" to "it was fun to take." It's brief (no more than 15 minutes), they can use their smart phones, notebook, or laptop, and it's available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. I posted my references in the lab notes which include the researchers mentioned. Thanks again!

Sure! Thanks for asking. I'm synthesizing and modifying two surveys: one on mental health literacy (Reavley et al 2014) and theory of planned behavior (TPB) on help-seeking (Mo & Mak, 2009). For the MHL, the researchers not only assessed depression, but also anxiety disorders and schizophrenia. They also had a huge n (6019); their survey was done by phone in Australia. Mine will be covering only depression with suicidality. The participants who take the online survey are given a vignette of a young person exhibiting depression with suicidality. I want to see if they recognize the depression with suicidality, then they are asked how that person can best be helped (variety of interventions from medication to diet). Based on their answers, there is a MHL score that sums up their MHL on depression with suicidality. I'm using the constructs of TPB to assess help-seeking (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, MHL (score), and perceived barriers). For the TPB, I'm having them imagine that they are the person in the vignette. There are background factors (variables) that may predict help-seeking intention, so the ones I'm using are: gender, race/ethnicity, educational level, acculturation, parenthood, mental health status (I'm using the PHQ2), knowing someone with mental illness, marijuana & alcohol use, and mental health service utilization. Some feedback I've received from people who have taken the survey is that it's "the best MH survey I 've ever taken" to "it was fun to take." It's brief (no more than 15 minutes), they can use their smart phones, notebook, or laptop, and it's available in English, Spanish, and Chinese. I posted my references in the lab notes which include the researchers mentioned. Thanks again!