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The Recognition of Mental Illness, Schizophrenia Identification, and Help-Seeking from Friends in Late Adolescence

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  • Syudo Yamasaki
  • Shuntaro Ando
  • Shinji Shimodera
  • Kaori Endo
  • Yuji Okazaki
  • Nozomu Asukai
  • Satoshi Usami
  • Atsushi Nishida
  • Tsukasa Sasaki

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Objective: The recognition of mental illness without anticipating stigma might encourage adolescents’ help-seeking behavior. We aimed to identify the relationship between mental illness identification and adolescents’ intention to seek help if faced with mental illness. Method: We examined the relationships between help-seeking intentions and recognition of mental illness (RMI) without correctly identifying the disease name, as well as correct labelling of schizophrenia (LSC) using a vignette about a person with schizophrenia in a cross-sectional survey of 9,484 Japanese high-school students aged 15–18 years. Results: When compared with adolescents who were unable to recognize the mental illness (UMI) in the vignette, those in the RMI group reported they were significantly more likely to seek help from friends (odds ratio [OR] = 1.29; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.17–1.41; P

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  • Syudo Yamasaki & Shuntaro Ando & Shinji Shimodera & Kaori Endo & Yuji Okazaki & Nozomu Asukai & Satoshi Usami & Atsushi Nishida & Tsukasa Sasaki, 2016. "The Recognition of Mental Illness, Schizophrenia Identification, and Help-Seeking from Friends in Late Adolescence," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(3), pages 1-8, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0151298
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0151298
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