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School Mental Health Promotion — Theoretical, Conceptual and Practical Issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Louise Rowling
Louise Rowling*
Affiliation:
University of Sydney, Australia
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Associate Professor Louise Rowling, Faculty of Education A35, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. Email:l.rowling@edfac.usyd.edu.au
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Abstract

The field of school mental health promotion could be considered to be a new field of research and practice; however, this is not the case. Theoretically it is firmly grounded in both health and education bodies of research that have coalesced to advance practice to meet current imperatives. In reviewing these foundations prevailing dilemmas and challenges become evident. These include the ideologies of stakeholders about mental health; decision-making about entry points around risk and protective factors, and/or social context; and ethical and methodological problems in research and evaluation.

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Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools , Volume 13 , Issue 1: Mental Health Issues and Schools , July 2003 , pp. 11 - 21
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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