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Mental Health Literacy (MHL) is a subset of health literacy that enables to recognize knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders, to prevent and manage mental disorders, and to seek help in mental disorders. The research was conducted with 268 students enrolled in undergraduate departments of a health-themed foundation university. In this study, it aimed to evaluate the mental health literacy and resilience levels of university students and to determine the relationship between them. The data was collected by using The Personal Data Collection Form, the Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) and the Brief Psychological Resilience Scale (BPR). The students' BPRS mean score was 15.29±4.00; the mean MHLS score is 16.60±2.80. It was determined that students who experienced a stressful event and used antidepressants had lower mean BPRS scores (p<0.05). It was determined that the mean MHLS scores of female students were statistically significant and higher than the mean scores of male students (p<0.05). When the relationship between students' MHL Scale and BPRS mean scores was analyzed by Spearman Correlation test; there was no significant relationship between them (r=0.041 p>0.05). As a result, it was determined that the students' psychological resilience score was at a medium level, and their mental health literacy score was at a high level. There was no significant relationship between mental health literacy score and psychological resilience score.

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