scholarly journals Do universal school‐based mental health promotion programmes improve the mental health and emotional wellbeing of young people? A literature review

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3-4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clare A. O'Connor ◽  
Judith Dyson ◽  
Fiona Cowdell ◽  
Roger Watson
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 53-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Sokołowska ◽  
Lidia Zabłocka-Żytka ◽  
Sylwia Kluczyńska ◽  
Joanna Wojda-Kornacka

Abstract Our aim was to find out what university students expect of mental health promotion. 610 young people were asked a few open questions. 81% of respondents expressed an interest in mental health promotion activities. They associated promotional activities with physical, social and/or emotional health care. Basically, these positive expectations are in agreement with the biopsychosocial model of mental health formulated by the WHO (2005). No interest in the idea of promotion (11%) is caused by the erroneous assumption that mental health promotion is targeted at people with mental disorders; therefore, a mentally healthy person does not benefit from participating in such a programme.


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