Knowledge
mental illness
Knowledge questions, with responses that could be correct or incorrect, were administered to the schoolteachers; they were developed in order to assess program Purpose 1 (gaining basic knowledge about mental illness and children of parents with mental illness). The five items related to parental mental illness were lifetime prevalence of mental illness, types of mental illness, age of onset of mental illness, difficulties of living with people with mental illness, and mental health and welfare life support services. The five questions related to children were about the percentage of children with parents having mental illness, children's own awareness, counseling, impact on health, and the common roles of young carers. Some of the items were based on previous research on mental health literacy education [