Adolescence is a critical life phase for mental health and anxiety an emerging challenge for adolescents. Psychoeducational interventions to promote mental health literacy (MHL) on anxiety in adolescents are needed. This study aimed to test the primary outcome of a future full-scale trial: improvement of adolescents’ anxiety MHL components on recognition, prevention strategies, and self-help strategies. A sample of 38 adolescents, 24 (63.2%) females and 14 (36.8%) males, with an average age of 14.50 years (SD = 0.89) participated in this study. Each class was allocated to the intervention group (IG, n = 21) or the waiting list control group (WLCG, n = 17) with single-blinded randomization. MHL was assessed using the QuALiSMental. The ProLiSMental psychoeducational intervention consists of four or eight weekly sessions of 90 or 45 min for adolescents, using different active pedagogical methods and techniques. There also are initial and final sessions with adolescents, legal guardians, and teachers. There was a significant improvement with a small to relatively strong effect size in many dimensions of anxiety MHL components. This study suggests the progression to the full-scale trial and values the important role of mental health and psychiatric nurses in the adolescents’ empowerment for MHL in schools.

Evidence highlights the need for professionals to be aware of their stigmatizing attitudes and discriminatory practices in order to minimize the negative impact on the people they take care of. However, nursing students’ perceptions of these issues have been poorly studied. This study explores the perspective of senior undergraduate nursing students on mental health and the stigma around it, by considering a simulated case vignette of a person with a mental health problem. A descriptive qualitative approach was chosen and involved three online focus group discussions. The findings show various manifestations of stigma, both at an individual and collective level, which indicates that it is an obstacle to the wellbeing of people with mental illness. Individual manifestations of stigma concern its effect on the person with mental illness, while at the collective level they concern the family or society in general. Stigma is a multifactorial, multidimensional, and complex concept, in terms of identifying and fighting it. Thus, the strategies identified involve multiple approaches at the individual level, aimed at the patient and family, namely through education/training, communication, and relationship strategies. At the collective level, to intervene with the general population and specific groups, such as groups of young people, strategies suggested include education/training, use of the media, and contact with people with mental disorders as ways to fight stigma.

Enquadramento: Estudos nacionais e internacionais evidenciam reduzida literacia em sa?de mental (LSM) dos adolescentes sobre a ansiedade e a necessidade de serem desenvolvidas interven??es psicoeducacionais em contexto escolar. Objetivo: Identificar as componentes de uma interven??o psicoeducacional de promo??o da LSM sobre a ansiedade para adolescentes em contexto escolar. Metodologia: Realizou-se um estudo explorat?rio, descritivo e de natureza qualitativa, recorrendo a 2 grupos focais e ? an?lise de conte?do. No primeiro grupo focal, participaram 6 profissionais de sa?de ou da educa??o e, no segundo, 6 adolescentes do 9? ano de escolaridade. Resultados: Foram identificadas as componentes de uma interven??o psicoeducacional de promo??o da LSM sobre a ansiedade para adolescentes em contexto escolar, que contribu?ram para o seu desenho preliminar, integrando 4 sess?es de 90 minutos, com diferentes m?todos e t?cnicas pedag?gicas. Conclus?o: Este estudo contribuiu para o desenho preliminar da interven??o psicoeducacional ?ProLiSMental?, que pretende capacitar os adolescentes para o acesso, a compreens?o e a utiliza??o de informa??o ?til que os ajude na preven??o, no reconhecimento e na gest?o da ansiedade.

Objetivo: O presente estudo tem como objetivo avaliar o contributo em termos da efetividade do programa de Primeira Ajuda em Saúde Mental na literacia em saúde mental acerca da depressão, a partir de uma amostra de estudantes de Enfermagem aquando do ingresso e integração ao curso. Métodos: Utilizou-se um desenho pré-experimental com grupo único, avaliação pré e pós intervenção. O Programa teve a duração de um dia (9 horas). A amostra do estudo foi constituída por 100 estudantes do 1.º ano do curso de Enfermagem (na integração ao curso), tendo sido selecionados de modo aleatório simples com recurso ao softwarerandom.org. A média das idades foi de 18,54 anos (DP = 2,00 anos). Como instrumentos de colheita de dados foram utilizados o Questionário de Avaliação da Literacia em Saúde Mental, aplicado à depressão, a versão breve do Inventário de Crenças acerca das Doenças Mentais e a Escala de Avaliação do Estigma Pessoal. Recorreu-se às estatísticas resumo, aos testes de McNemar e t de Student para grupos emparelhados e, como medidas de tamanho de efeito, o g e o d respetivamente. Resultados: Observou-se com a intervenção um incremento da literacia em saúde mental ao nível do reconhecimento da depressão e estratégias comunicacionais de prestação de primeira ajuda (p < 0,05), especificamente na adequação e utilidade de valorizar sintomas e não expressar julgamentos, assim como uma redução das atitudes estigmatizantes acerca das doenças e doentes (p < 0,05). Conclusões: Apesar das limitações relacionadas com o desenho utilizado, nomeadamente a não existência de grupo de controlo, os resultados indicam que a frequência do programa contribui para aumentar a literacia em saúde mental e reduzir o estigma associado aos problemas de saúde mental.

The aim of this scoping review was to map intervention programmes for first-episode psychosis by identifying their characteristics, participants, and specific contexts of implementation. It seems reasonable to suggest that early intervention may be beneficial in improving recovery outcomes and reducing the duration of untreated psychosis (DUP). Despite the expansion of these programmes, there are still some significant variations and barriers to access that need to be addressed. In line with the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) methodology and the Participants, Concept, and Context (PCC) framework, this review encompasses studies focusing on individuals grappling with early-stage psychosis and their caregivers across a range of settings, including hospital and community environments. The review identified 47 studies from 2002 to 2023, which revealed a great deal of diversity in programme characteristics and implementation contexts. This reflects a global perspective. The results showed that there is a great deal of variety in the characteristics of the programmes, with interventions ranging from single-component strategies, such as cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) and cognitive remediation therapy (CRT), to multicomponent programmes that integrate a number of different approaches, including psychosocial, pharmacological, and family-focused strategies. The objectives included attempts to improve cognitive functioning; enhance coping skills; reduce caregiver burden; and address symptoms such as anxiety, depression, and hallucinations. It is notable that there was considerable variation in the frequency, duration, and follow-up periods of the interventions, with some lasting just three sessions over one month and others spanning five years and 48 sessions. The majority of the programmes were delivered in community or outpatient settings, although there were also examples of hospital- and home-based interventions. These findings highlight the value of early interventions and provide a useful resource for adapting programmes to different social and cultural contexts. It would be beneficial for future research to explore how these interventions can be tailored to diverse settings.