This article summarized the research and measurement evolution of mental health literacy at home and abroad. Then, a new conceptual frame of national mental health literacy was proposed. Mental health literacy (MHL) is the knowledge, attitude and behavior tendency developed by individuals with regard to promoting and coping with their own and others' mental health related issues. At present, there are several problems that occurs in this field of research which might affect the further study, such as the concept of mental health literacy has not been well defined, and lack of effective measure...
