1. Volume 28 Number 1 March 2013
Special Issue: The Role of Schools in a New Mental
Health Strategy
Guest Editors: Alan D.W. Leschied, Gordon L. Flett, and
Donald H. Saklofske
Contents
Articles
Framing School-Based Health Within the National Mental Health Strategy:
A Note From the Honorable Michael Kirby
Michael Kirby 3
Introduction to the Special Issue-Renewing a Vision: The Critical Role for
Schools in a New Mental Health Strategy for Children and Adolescents
Alan D.W. Leschied, Gordon L. Flett, and Donald H. Saklofske 5
Disguised Distress in Children and Adolescents “Flying Under The Radar”:
Why Psychological Problems Are Underestimated and How Schools
Must Respond
Gordon L. Flett and Paul L. Hewitt 12
Self-Stigma of Mental Illness in High School Youth
Leah I. Hartman, Natalie M. Michel, Ariella Winter, Rebecca E. Young,
Gordon L. Flett, and Joel O. Goldberg 28
Mental Health in Schools: Lessons Learned From Exclusion
Jacqueline A. Specht 43
Promoting Mental Health Literacy Among Educators: Critical in
School-Based Prevention and Intervention
Jessica Whitley, J. David Smith, and Tracy Vaillancourt 56
Teachers—The Vital Resource: The Contribution of Emotional
Intelligence to Teacher Efficacy and Well-Being
Ashley K. Vesely, Donald H. Saklofske, and Alan D.W. Leschied 71
Challenges and Solutions in the Implementation of the School-Based
Pathway to Care Model: The Lessons From Nova Scotia and Beyond
Stan Kutcher and Yifeng Wei 90
The Psychology School Mental Health Initiative: An Innovative
Approach to the Delivery of School-Based Intervention Services
Golden M. Millar, Debra Lean, Susan D. Sweet, Sabrina C. Moraes, and Victoria Nelson 103
A Snapshot of School-Based Mental Health and Substance Abuse in
Canada: Where We Are and Where It Leads Us
Ian Manion, Kathy H. Short, and Bruce Ferguson 119
Children First: It’s Time to Change! Mental Health Promotion, Prevention,
and Treatment Informed by Public Health, and Resiliency Approaches
Vicki Schwean and Susan Rodger 136
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