Mccrone, Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7001-4502 and Henderson, Claire ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6998-5659 (2025) Relationship of a public mental health campaign with health service use and association with symptom management knowledge. BJPsych Open, 11 (3):e112. ISSN 2056-4724 (Online) (doi:10.1192/bjo.2025.55)

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Abstract

Background
Mental health literacy can potentially be improved through a public mental health campaign. The aim of the campaign Every Mind Matters (EMM) was to support adults to help address common subclinical mental health problems and improve their mental well-being and literacy, by using its National Health Service-endorsed digital resources.
Aims
Although not an objective of the campaign itself, this study aims to (a) address the relationship of EMM through the use of general practitioners and mental health therapists and (b) explore the association of EMM with symptom management knowledge.
Method
Health Survey for England 2019 data were obtained on campaign awareness, uptake of campaign materials and the use of general practitioners and therapists. Logistic regression models were used to explore the impact of the campaign on whether services were used, and ordered logistic models explored the impact on the number of contacts. Campaign costs were viewed alongside symptom management outcomes.
Results
The analyses included 2023 individuals. Of those campaign aware, 16% had contact with a general practitioner for mental health reasons compared with 9% of those who were campaign unaware. Those who were campaign aware were also significantly more likely to have seen a mental health therapist. The campaign cost per unit improvement in symptom management knowledge was below £20.
Conclusions
Contact with general practitioners and therapists was associated with campaign awareness. If even a small proportion of symptom management knowledge improvement is due to the campaign, then it has the potential to be cost-effective. Further work is required to establish this.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	public mental health, mental health promotion, economic analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Mental Health Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Health Sciences (HEA)
Last Modified:	22 May 2025 08:56
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/50509

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