Prabhu, S.G., Mallikarjun, P.K., Palmer, A. et al. (7 more authors) (2024) Mental health literacy in secondary school teachers and interventions to improve it – a systematic review and narrative synthesis. Journal of Mental Health. ISSN 0963-8237
Abstract
Background: Adolescent mental health problems have increased in prevalence. Teachers' Mental Health Literacy (MHL) may play an important role in public mental health prevention approaches. This systematic review and narrative synthesis aimed to identify what is known globally about the extent of secondary school teachers' MHL and the types and effectiveness of MHL interventions for secondary school teachers.
Methods: PsycINFO, PubMed, ERIC, EBSCO-Psychological and behavioural sciences collection, Web of Science, and Google Scholar were searched to identify studies until 29/04/2024. Two independent reviewers screened the returns.
Results: Twenty eligible studies were reviewed. Most intervention studies were from high-income countries and used a psycho-educative approach. Pre-intervention, teachers' levels of MHL were mixed across MHL domains. Post-intervention, increases in mental health knowledge and attitudes and decreases in mental health stigma were reported. Low use of standardised MHL measures, lack of randomised controlled trials, and lack of follow-up data affect evidence quality.
Conclusion: Interventions to improve secondary school teachers' MHL can be effective, at least in the short term. Evidence quality needs to be improved to inform recommendations on whether they should be part of a public mental health approach for adolescents.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This is an author produced version of an article published in Journal of Mental Health, made available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Systematic review; teacher; mental health literacy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number MRC (Medical Research Council) MR/T040238/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Dec 2024 15:24 |
Last Modified: | 10 Dec 2024 10:02 |
Status: | Published online |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09638237.2024.2426994 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:220432 |
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