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Assessing the mental health among adolescents using a two continua model approach
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences. Örebro University Hospital. University Health Care Research Center, Örebro County Council, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4115-8413
Örebro University, School of Health Sciences. University Health Care Research Center, Örebro County Council, Örebro, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0009-0008-2891-4660
2023 (English)In: European Journal of Public Health, ISSN 1101-1262, E-ISSN 1464-360X, Vol. 33, no Suppl. 2, p. ii105-ii105, article id ckad160.268Article in journal, Meeting abstract (Other academic) Published
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The latest World mental health report states that mental health is an integral component of health and well-being and is more than the absence of pathology. Indeed, the view of mental health is slowly shifting to an emphasis on positive health indicators as national authorities around the world are increasingly adopting the two continua model of mental health (TCM). Adopting the TCM has several important implications for public health practice. One is that the epidemiological surveillance will have to include measures of both mental illness and mental well-being. The purpose of this presentation is to illuminate the conceptual and practical use of the TCM in the analysis of adolescent mental health. The presentation will be limited to a focus on the theoretical underpinnings and methodological considerations made to operationalize and categorize mental health according to the TCM. It will consider the added value of the TCM to epidemiological surveillance as well as its implications for public health practice when it comes to meeting population needs with appropriate interventions. To construct the model, data from population-based regional public health surveys among adolescents including validated measures of both mental ill health and mental well-being was used. The Kessler 6 scale was used to estimate the proportion of adolescents with or without probable serious mental illness (SMI, >13) and the Mental Health Continuum - Short Form was used to estimate the proportion of adolescents with flourishing (FMH), moderate (MMH) or languishing (LMH) mental health according to the original categorization developed by Keyes. Combining these two dimensions of mental health and their respective categories will yield six mental health status groups: Complete mental health = FMH without SMI, Vulnerable = MMH without SMI, Most vulnerable = LMH without SMI, Symptomatic but content = SMI with FMH, Troubled = SMI with MMH, and Most troubled = SMI with LMH.

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Oxford University Press, 2023. Vol. 33, no Suppl. 2, p. ii105-ii105, article id ckad160.268
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Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-110878DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.268ISI: 001092365300267OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-110878DiVA, id: diva2:1835567
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16th European Public Health Conference: Our Food, Our Health, Our Earth: A Sustainable Future for Humanity, Dublin, Ireland, November 8–11, 2023
Available from: 2024-02-06 Created: 2024-02-06 Last updated: 2025-01-30Bibliographically approved

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