International Comparison of and Psychology Education Support for theyoung people's mental health literacy

本研究的目的是为支持心理学教育提出详细建议，例如提高公众对心理健康素养的认识。采用日文“青少年心理健康素养调查”问卷收集数据。调查对象是儿童和青少年，特别是高中生。与以往的研究进行了比较，并收集了有关国外青少年心理健康素养教育的信息。研究结果表明：(1)青少年心理健康素养有待提高；(2)在教育方面，需要审查为灌输心理健康素养所需的教育内容和使用的方法；(3)通过积累证据继续审查其有效性；(4)希望在社区一级教育和有针对性的教育之间建立联系，并将其共同发展。

The objective of this study is to create a detailed proposal for supporting psychology education, such as raising public awareness regarding mental health literacy. The Japanese version of the questionnaire “Mental health literacy survey in young people” was used to gather data. The respondents to the survey were children and adolescents, specifically senior high students for this study. A comparison to previous studies conducted was done, and information was gathered regarding mental health literacy education of youth abroad. The results of the study have made the following clear: (1) there is a need to improve the mental health literacy of the youth; (2) in regard to education there is a need to examine the educational content required and which methods to use in order to instill mental health literacy, (3) to continue examining its effectiveness through accumulation of evidence and, (4) it is desired that linkage be established betweencommunity-level education and targeted education, and that they be developed together.