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- - The study aimed to improve help-seeking for psychosis among parents of adolescents through an online mental health literacy program.
- - A total of 2,496 parents participated in a trial where half received a 30-minute educational program while the other half served as a control group.
- - Results showed no significant differences in help-seeking behaviors between the intervention and control groups, suggesting the program may need improvements, particularly by incorporating narratives from service users.
Article Abstract
Aim: This study evaluated an online mental health literacy intervention to improve help-seeking for psychosis amongst parents of adolescents.
Methods: A total of 2496 parents of first-grade junior high school students, recruited from a Japan-based survey company, participated in a randomized controlled trial in July 2016; participants were randomly allocated to the intervention (n = 1248) or control group (n = 1248). They were assessed at baseline and one-week post intervention. The intervention group received a 30-minute online educational programme that included a narrative of the mother of an adolescent with psychosis.
Results: There were no between-group differences in changes in the rate of 'no help-seeking' in any hypothetical situations of a child's psychosis and prodromal symptoms.
Conclusions: The intervention might have been suboptimal to improve mental health literacy for psychosis amongst parents of adolescents. A narrative message from a service user may be helpful to encourage parents in help-seeking.
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