Effectiveness of Mental Health Promoting Interventions for Young Adults: A Literature Review

Running head: LITERATURE REVIEW
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Table of Contents
Introduction:..............................................................................................................................2
Review of literature:..................................................................................................................2
Conclusion:................................................................................................................................3
References..................................................................................................................................4

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Introduction:
Mental health has become one of the greatest public health priorities in the world and
especially the percentage of individuals suffering from different mental health disorders is rising
every day, with one in five Australian adolescent facing mental health issues (Smith et al.2014).
This paper will attempt to explore the literature regarding the mental health promoting
interventions and their effectiveness.
Review of literature:
The systematic review by Barry et al. (2013) states that developing countries are facing a
significantly rising level of mental illness among the young adult population and hence there
have been many health promoting the mental health or the young adults. The results state that the
school based interventions for improving the mental health of the young adults have been helpful
in improving their awareness regarding mental health problems and also enhancing the mental
health statistics of the individuals, however there is need for higher sustainability and
enhancement of the outcomes. According to Jorm (2012), there is very limited knowledge
regarding mental health disorders and how to combat them among the young adults and their
families, especially in culturally diverse and social backward communities; whole-of-community
campaigns, interventions in educational settings, mental health first aid training, and information
websites have been reported to be extremely helpful.
On a similar note, the article by Kauer, Mangan and Sanci (2014), online media and
website based mental health promotional interventions are exceptionally helpful in enhancing the