Effects of the Mental Health Supporter Training Program on mental health-related public stigma among Japanese people: A pretest/posttest study.

Mako IidaUtako SawadaKentaro UsudaMegumi HazumiEmi OkazakiKanako OguraMayumi KataokaNatsu SasakiYasutaka OjioAsami MatsunagaIkue UmemotoMiyuki MakinoAyako NakashitaChiaki KamikawaNaoaki KurodaHironori KugaChiyo FujiiDaisuke Nishi

Published in: PCN reports : psychiatry and clinical neurosciences (2024)

The results suggest that the program might be effective for improving intended, but not reported, behavior in the short term and for improving mental health literacy, knowledge of mental health, and psychological distress.

Keyphrases

mental health
mental illness
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