Toward Mental Health Literacy Education in U.S. School Communities

This paper explores the background and potential benefits of the education framework of mental health literacy (MHL) as a complement to existing school-based ...

A policy scan was conducted to identify and analyze student mental health education policies in U.S. K-12 schools. For this scan, policy refers ...

School-based mental health literacy training shifts the quantity and ...

The number of referrals without identified schools (e.g., other referral sources) increased slightly over the study period. The number of ...

Promoting Mental Health and Well-Being in Schools | CDC

Schools are prioritizing students' mental health, and there are many tools and resources to choose from. CDC created this action guide as a place to start. It ...

Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and ...

U.S. Department of Education Supporting Child and Student Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health Needs ... Enhance Mental Health Literacy and ...

Characteristics of mental health literacy measurement in youth - NCBI

The concept of mental health literacy (MHL), originally defined by Jorm and colleagues [43] as “knowledge and beliefs about mental disorders ...

Evaluating the effectiveness of a school-based mental health literacy ...

... school-based mental health literacy (MHL) intervention as a learning process. The present study aimed to assess the effectiveness of school- ...

School-Based Mental Health Initiatives - Manhattan Institute

Rigorous evaluations of universal programs on mental health literacy, awareness, prevention, and screening—and of many social-emotional learning ...

How to Build Mental Health Literate Schools/Districts/Communities

1. Developing mental health literacy in students, teachers, administrators and others increases their knowledge, reduces stigma and enhances help-seeking and ...

The Landscape of School-Based Mental Health Services | KFF

The inability of some schools to staff up despite growing mental health challenges may be due to budget constraints coupled with limited ...

The effectiveness of school mental health literacy programs to ...

... Mental health literacy is the basis for increasing mental health knowledge, reducing the stigma of mental illness, and changing the attitude toward seeking ...

The Mental Health Literacy Collaborative - LinkedIn

Mental health literacy (MHL)- a part of health literacy - has historically been missing. MHL is evidence-based, universal education. It is a public health ...

Qualitative Evaluation of the Impact of a School Mental Health ...

Mental health literacy (MHL) programs, which aim to improve knowledge, reduce stigma and promote help-seeking behavior, are a promising approach to meeting ...

A school intervention for mental health literacy in adolescents

Stigmatization, self-stigmatization, embarrassment and shame are often seen in connection to mental disorders. After a mental health teaching ...

Publications - Mental Health Literacy

School-based Mental Health Literacy Training Shifts the Quantity and Quality of Referrals to Tertiary Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: A Western ...

Increase Students' Mental Health Literacy - CDC

Learn how schools can increase students' mental health literacy, reduce stigma, and teach teens how to get help.

Review: School‐based mental health literacy interventions to ...

School-based mental health literacy interventions aim to prevent mental disorders and promote mental wellbeing through improving the ...

How can we improve mental health literacy among the general ...

- Collaborate with schools, colleges, and community centers to incorporate mental health education into curricula. ... mental health in the US ...

The future of teaching mental health literacy in schools (Chapter 5)

Mental health literacy has received attention in terms of reducing stigma, promoting resilience, and providing education about mental health and mental illness.

Modifiable predictors of mental health literacy in the educational ...

... toward professional help, self-efficacy, attitudes toward help-seeking, social support, positive psychological states, receiving mental health ...