Publications by authors named "Meng Qin Ao"
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- The study aimed to investigate the link between mental health knowledge (MHK) and depression in adolescents and their parents, focusing on possible gender differences between fathers and mothers.
- It involved 3456 father-adolescent and 4478 mother-adolescent pairs from middle schools in Wuhan, who filled out self-reports on MHK and depression over a two-month period in 2021.
- Results indicated that higher MHK in both parents predicted lower depression levels in adolescents, suggesting that enhancing parents' MHK could positively affect their children's mental health without significant gender differences in the impact from mothers and fathers.
Understanding the intention of community residents to seek help from mental health professionals (MHPs) is essential in targeting interventions that promote the prevention and treatment of depression. This study aimed to investigate the current status of Chinese community populations' depression help-seeking intentions from MHPs and explore factors influencing the intentions. Data were used from a survey conducted in a city in central China (n = 919 aged 38.
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