{"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":"2019-10-21T09:28:38","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T08:28:38","slug":"mental-health-literacy-scale-mhls","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hub.salford.ac.uk\/psytech\/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> 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> 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> 2015 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensure authors are cited.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> Citations:  <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>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>Nothing applicable outside of routine ethics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloads &amp; Links:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.psychres.2015.05.064\" style=\"width: 80%;height: 80px\"><font size=\"3\">ARTICLE \/<br>MANUAL<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/testlivesalfordac.sharepoint.com\/:b:\/s\/PsyTech\/Ea7LdWAK0FBLsgikMyyuN6kBpwH3fsiqJOiXUv0E8SPH2A?e=iPssmv\" style=\"width: 80%;height: 80px\"><font size=\"3\">PAPER<br>VERSION<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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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