The survey of 3,500 students aged from 11 to 18 found that the vast majority understand that mental health problems can happen to anyone.
A third of the young people had also acted to help someone with a mental health problem.
At the same time, however, a third believed that people are born with mental health problems, while a third also thought that a mental health problem is when someone finds it difficult to learn something new.
The research was commissioned by the Time to Change mental health campaign to mark its annual month of awareness-raising and support activities in November.
The charity is publishing a range of resources to support the month based around its In Your Corner campaign, which is encouraging young people to be more open to the topic of mental health by being “in their mate’s corner”.
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