{"id":1052,"date":"2019-10-21T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T08:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/?page_id=1052"},"modified":"2026-07-17T14:29:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:29:58","slug":"mental-health-literacy-scale-mhls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/equipment-resources\/questionnaire-battery\/mental-health-literacy-scale-mhls\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS)&nbsp; is a 35 item questionnaire looking at the respondents understanding of mental health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> The first 15 items are scored on a 1-4 scale with items 10, 12 &amp; 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). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copyrights restrictions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ensure authors are cited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Citations<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O&#8217;Connor, M., &amp; Casey, L. (2015). The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS): A new scale-based measure of mental health literacy. <em>Psychiatry Research, 229<\/em>(1-2), 511-516. doi:10.1016\/j.psychres.2015.05.064 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethical Considerations:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nothing applicable outside of routine ethics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloads &amp; Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychres.2015.05.064\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychres.2015.05.064\">Article\/Manual<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/testlivesalfordac.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PsyTech\/Ea7LdWAK0FBLsgikMyyuN6kBpwH3fsiqJOiXUv0E8SPH2A?e=iPssmv\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/testlivesalfordac.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PsyTech\/Ea7LdWAK0FBLsgikMyyuN6kBpwH3fsiqJOiXUv0E8SPH2A?e=iPssmv\">Paper version<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Information The Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS)&nbsp; is a 35 item questionnaire looking at the respondents understanding of mental health. 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