Publication Name	World Journal of Psychiatry
Manuscript ID	112756
Country	China

Category	Psychiatry
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Construction of a mental health literacy evaluation index system for adolescents with mental disorders
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Ying-Qiong Ge, Xiao-Shuang Ouyang, Zheng-Min Zhu, Bi-Can Tan and Xiao-Jian Jiang
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number Inter Disciplinary Direction Cultivation Project of Hunan University of Chinese Medicine No. 2025JC0103 2025 Hunan Province Science and Technology Innovation Plan Project No. 2025RC9012 2022 "Unveiling and Leading" Project of Discipline Construction at Hunan University of Chinese Medicine No. 22JBZ044 Changsha Municipal Natural Science Foundation No. kq2402174 Hunan Provincial Science Popularization Fund Project No. 2025ZK4223
Corresponding Author	Xiao-Jian Jiang, Director, MD, College of Nursing, Hunan University of Chinese Medicine, No. 300 Xueshi Road, Hanpu Science and Education Park, Yuelu District, Changsha 410208, Hunan Province, China. yzjxj726@163.com
Key Words	Adolescents; Mental disorders; Mental health literacy; Evaluation index system; Delphi method
Core Tip	The evaluation index system for mental health literacy of adolescents with mental disorders, developed in this study, mainly included 4 first-level indicators, 10 second-level indicators, and 52 third-level indicators, such as basic knowledge concept, mental health attitude, mental health behavior, and mental health skills. The system was designed to evaluate the mental health literacy of adolescents with mental disorders from a multidimensional perspective.
Citation	Ge YQ, Ouyang XS, Zhu ZM, Tan BC, Jiang XJ. Construction of a mental health literacy evaluation index system for adolescents with mental disorders. World J Psychiatry 2025; In press

Received	2025-08-05 09:37
Peer-Review Started	2025-08-05 09:37
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Return for Revision	2025-09-17 07:56
Revised	2025-09-30 14:15
Second Decision	2025-11-05 02:43
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Accepted by Executive Editor-in-Chief	2025-11-05 07:35
Articles in Press	2025-11-05 07:35
Publication Fee Transferred	2025-10-02 13:36
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