TY - JOUR
T1 - Preparing for the Classroom
T2 - Mental Health Knowledge Improvement, Stigma Reduction and Enhanced Help-Seeking Efficacy in Canadian Preservice Teachers
AU - Carr, Wendy
AU - Wei, Yifeng
AU - Kutcher, Stan
AU - Heffernan, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Authors 2017.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Mental health literacy is fundamental to improving knowledge about mental health, decreasing stigma, and, therefore, enhancing help-seeking behaviors. The purpose of this cohort study is to evaluate the impact of a mental health literacy program on preservice teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking efficacy. Sixty preservice teachers in a Canadian university participated in a professional development day and completed a survey of their mental health knowledge, attitudes toward mental illness, and help-seeking efficacy. Compared with baseline data, results demonstrated significant and substantial improvements on all three outcomes immediately following the session and after 3 months. Provision of mental health literacy education among preservice teachers may be an effective approach to help them better address student mental health needs in their future teaching career.
AB - Mental health literacy is fundamental to improving knowledge about mental health, decreasing stigma, and, therefore, enhancing help-seeking behaviors. The purpose of this cohort study is to evaluate the impact of a mental health literacy program on preservice teachers’ knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking efficacy. Sixty preservice teachers in a Canadian university participated in a professional development day and completed a survey of their mental health knowledge, attitudes toward mental illness, and help-seeking efficacy. Compared with baseline data, results demonstrated significant and substantial improvements on all three outcomes immediately following the session and after 3 months. Provision of mental health literacy education among preservice teachers may be an effective approach to help them better address student mental health needs in their future teaching career.
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U2 - 10.1177/0829573516688596
DO - 10.1177/0829573516688596
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054514126
SN - 0829-5735
VL - 33
SP - 314
EP - 326
JO - Canadian Journal of School Psychology
JF - Canadian Journal of School Psychology
IS - 4
ER -