Journal of Social Research
Vol. 2 No. 3 (2023): Journal of Social Research

The Relationship of Mental Health Literacy to Help-Seeking Behavior: Systematic Review

Endro Dwi Iswanto (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia)
Dian Ayubi (Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
10 Feb 2023

Abstract

Mental health is an important aspect in realizing overall health. It is estimated that one in four people will suffer from a mental disorder during their lifetime. There are approximately 450 million people suffering from mental and behavioral disorders worldwide where about 85% of people with severe mental disorders in developing countries do not receive treatment for their disorders. This study aims to determine the relationship between mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviors. This research method uses Systematic review to search for articles on several data based including: PubMed, EBSCO, Science Direct, ProQuest, Taylor & Francis, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Search results obtained with the keywords Mental health literacy, mental health, help-seeking behavior obtained 539 articles. After being filtered based on inclusion criteria, namely research articles relevant to the purpose of writing, free full-text, English or Indonesian, respondents' age of 15 years, and published in 2018-2022 produced 62 articles. The same article, not the result of a research or³ review article, and different articles of targets and variables were issued so that 10 articles were obtained. The result of this study is that there is a significant relationship between mental health literacy and help-seeking behaviors. The relationship of mental health literacy to help-seeking behaviors is positive meaning that an increase in scores on mental health literacy also affects an increase in scores on help-seeking behaviors. It can be concluded that the higher the level of mental health literacy, the more it can improve help-seeking behavior.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ijsr

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Computer Science & IT Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Social Sciences

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The Journal of Social Research is a double blind peer-reviewed academic journal and open access to social and scientific fields. The journal is published monthly by International Journal Labs. The Journal of Social Research provides a means for sustained discussion of relevant issues that fall ...