Mental health literacy: Past, present, and future

S Kutcher, Y Wei, C Coniglio - The Canadian Journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Mental health literacy (MHL) is a construct that has arisen from the domain of health literacy
(HL) and must be understood in that context. The development of HL was initially informed …

Impact of a mental health curriculum on knowledge and stigma among high school students: a randomized controlled trial

R Milin, S Kutcher, SP Lewis, S Walker, Y Wei… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
Objective This study evaluated the effectiveness of a school-based mental health literacy
intervention for adolescents on knowledge and stigma. Method A total of 24 high schools …

Successful application of a Canadian mental health curriculum resource by usual classroom teachers in significantly and sustainably improving student mental health …

S Kutcher, Y Wei, C Morgan - The Canadian Journal of …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: To investigate whether the significant and substantive findings from a previous
study of youth mental health literacy (MHL) could be replicated using the same methods in …

A school mental health literacy curriculum resource training approach: effects on Tanzanian teachers' mental health knowledge, stigma and help-seeking efficacy

S Kutcher, Y Wei, H Gilberds, O Ubuguyu… - International journal of …, 2016 - Springer
Background Mental health literacy (MHL) is foundational for mental health promotion,
prevention, stigma reduction, and care; School supported information pertaining to MHL in …

Creating evidence-based youth mental health policy in sub-Saharan Africa: A description of the integrated approach to addressing the issue of youth depression in …

S Kutcher, K Perkins, H Gilberds, M Udedi… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Addressing depression in young people is a health-care policy need in sub-Saharan Africa.
There exists poor mental health literacy, high levels of stigma, and weak capacity at the …

Mental health literacy in healthcare students: an expansion of the mental health literacy scale

HJ Chao, YJ Lien, YC Kao, IC Tasi, HS Lin… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Objective: Although the recently developed mental health literacy scale showed significant
score differences between general population and mental health professionals, to this date …

School mental health promotion and intervention: Experiences from four nations

MD Weist, EJ Bruns, K Whitaker, Y Wei… - School Psychology …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
All around the world, partnerships among schools and other youth-serving systems are
promoting more comprehensive school-based mental health services. This article describes …

Preparing for the classroom: Mental health knowledge improvement, stigma reduction and enhanced help-seeking efficacy in Canadian preservice teachers

W Carr, Y Wei, S Kutcher… - Canadian Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Mental health literacy is fundamental to improving knowledge about mental health,
decreasing stigma, and, therefore, enhancing help-seeking behaviors. The purpose of this …

Pre-service teacher education for mental health and inclusion in schools

MA Atkins, S Rodger - Exceptionality Education International, 2016 - ojs.lib.uwo.ca
Pre-service teacher education in mental health and mental health literacy is essential to
creating the conditions necessary to support the mental health and wellness of children and …

Improving Malawian teachers' mental health knowledge and attitudes: an integrated school mental health literacy approach

S Kutcher, H Gilberds, C Morgan, R Greene… - Global Mental …, 2015 - cambridge.org
Background. Mental health literacy is foundational for mental health promotion, prevention,
stigma reduction and care. Integrated school mental health literacy interventions may offer …