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  • Public awareness on mental ...
    Sindi Ayudia Pama; Diana Septi Purnama; Anisa Siti Nurjanah; Naufal Alwan Adilah; Muhammad Fahli Zatrahadi; Ellya Roza

    Jurnal Konseling dan Pendidikan, 08/2023, Letnik: 11, Številka: 1
    Journal Article

    The purpose of this study was determine public awareness of mental health services as well as effective community counseling strategies to improve mental health literacy. The research method used a cross-sectional surveycross-sectional survey. The research used was conducted on 339 respondents with an age range of 13-50 years. The sampling was done by non-probability sampling technique. Data were collected using a community awareness instrument for mental health services. The instrument for detecting has high reliability with a Cronbach's Alpha value of 0.726. Data collection implements an internet-based survey through the account Sobat Konseling and processes it online. Descriptive analysis was used to calculate the presentation of data. The results showed that a total of 240 (70.79%) respondents consider mental health important, and 323 respondents said they care about their own health, 108 respondents (31.86%) can identify the health symptoms they are experiencing. Individuals who have high literacy about health tend to have good self-care. It is known from to the results of this study, 256 respondents (75.5%) read information about mental health and 185 respondents (57.52%) understood the symptoms of mental health disorders. Some were able to identify symptoms of mental disorders in themselves. However, it is necessary to increase mental health literacy in order to achieve a healthy mentality.