Impact of a Mental Health Curriculum on Knowledge and Stigma among High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 383-391.e1

  Milin, Robert ^a   Kutcher, Stanley ^b   Lewis, Stephen P ^c   Walker, Selena ^a   Wei, Yifeng ^b   Ferrill, Natasha ^a   Armstrong, Michael A ^a  

^a ROYAL OTTAWA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

classroom intervention; early awareness; mental health education; stigma; youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POWER ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; STIGMA; STUDENT SATISFACTION; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; ONTARIO; PROCEDURES; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; ONTARIO; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 84965054718     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: 15275418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaac.2016.02.018     Document Type: Article

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