Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS)
Information:
The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) is a 35 item questionnaire looking at the respondents understanding of mental health.
The first 15 items are scored on a 1-4 scale with items 10, 12 & 15 being reversed scored. Items 16-35 are scored on a 1-5 scale with items 20-28 being reverse scored. The total score is produced by summing all items (Max score=160; Min score=35).
Copyrights restrictions:
2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Citations:
O’Connor, M., & Casey, L. (2015). The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A new scale-based measure of mental health literacy. Psychiatry Research, 229(1-2), 511-516. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2015.05.064
Ethical Considerations:
Nothing applicable outside of routine ethics.