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KMID : 0904520170440010165
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Health and Medical Sociology
2017 Volume.44 No. 1 p.165 ~ p.186
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Mental Health Literacy among People with Mental Disorder: Correlations with Socio-demographic Factors, Self-esteem, Family Support
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Cho Sun-Young
Choi Song-Sik
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Abstract
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An ability to care own mental health is critical for the socio-psychological recovery of people with mental disorder. A new concept, Mental Health Literacy(MHL) is a prerequisite for self health care especially in terms of early recognition and appropriate service choice. This study has aims of examining MHL among people with mental disorder and identifying its disparities in socio-demographic factors and the correlations among their MHL, self-esteem and family support.
It is a cross-sectional study with survey questionnaire with a scale-based measure developed by O’Connor & Casey (2015). Univariate analysis, one-way ANOVA and pearson correlation analysis were used to apprehend sociodemographic information and identify disparities of MHL and correlations between variables. A sample of 203 people with mental disorder in South Korea found the results.
As a result, the MHL level of people with mental disorder was revealed considerably low, compared with those in Australia, suggesting the necessity of education program for improving their MHL. There are disparities in MHL level depending on their education, co-residence with family and family income. Lastly, it was identified the correlations among MHL, self-esteem and family support, which propose the need of future studies to demonstrate the detailed relationships among MHL and other variables, for instance, higher MHL may influence the better self-esteem and ability of caring own mental health for people with mental disorder. This study has a significance in that a novel approach has been suggested for community mental health programs for people with mental disorder to strengthen their ability to take care of their own health.
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KEYWORD
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People with mental disorder, Mental health literacy, Mental health care, Self-esteem, Family support
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