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Why We Need the Concept of “Mental Health Literacy”

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Inger Jansson, Karin Thörne & Daniel Masterson. (2024) Beyond conventional healthcare for mental health problems: Experiences of existential group conversations. Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy 31:1.
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Vera Woloshyn & Michael Savage. (2020) Increasing teacher candidates’ mental health literacy and stress coping skills through an elective mental health and wellness course. International Journal of Inclusive Education 24:9, pages 921-935.
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Kelly E. Tenzek, Tahleen A. Lattimer, Kyle Heneveld, Emily Lapan, Madison Neurohr & Stephanie Gillis. (2023) Mediated depictions of mental health, chronic care and literacy: a narrative analysis of Randall’s mental health journey in the television series, This is Us. Frontiers in Psychiatry 14.
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Sandra Jumbe, Joel Nyali & Chris Newby. (2023) Translation of the mental health literacy questionnaire for young adults into Chichewa for use in Malawi: preliminary validation and reliability results. International Journal of Mental Health Systems 17:1.
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R. R. Tambling, C. D’Aniello & B. S. Russell. (2021) Mental Health Literacy: a Critical Target for Narrowing Racial Disparities in Behavioral Health. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction 21:3, pages 1867-1881.
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