In a study of 615 Indonesian teenagers, better knowledge about mental health was linked to more positive attitudes and greater willingness to seek help, but not directly to lower depression or anxiety, showing that knowledge alone isn’t enough to improve mental health.
In a group of 121 Singaporean teenagers who self-harm without suicidal intent, this study found that those with more severe self-harm were more likely to seek help from friends or family, while having parents seen as more authoritative was linked to being less likely to seek this kind of informal help.
Reviewing many trials, this study looked at whether training programmes actually reduce stigma toward people with mental illness among doctors, nurses, and healthcare students, pulling together evidence on how well this common approach works.
This study of international students at the National University of Singapore found that students under more psychological stress were more likely to want to seek mental health help, and that better mental health knowledge helped explain this link.
This study compared personality traits, parenting experiences, mental health history, and stressful life events between Asian teenagers who had attempted suicide and those who hadn’t, finding attempters were more likely to have other mental health conditions, recent stressful events, and to feel rejected by their parents.
