title: Sensitizing the teachers towards school mental health issues: an Indian experience.
abstract: The School Mental Health (SMH) services play critical roles fostering positive mental health and helping children with psychological problems. Despite its proven value, SMH services remain less developed in India. In this context, sensitizing teachers about child mental health issues could be considered as an important step in SMH promotion. Towards this goal, a large scale sensitization program for school teachers on SMH issues was carried out in an Indian city. This paper reports the process and the outcome of this sensitization program.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, B. J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. drhemangshah@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Hemang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.forename: Devvarta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005178:Faculty; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D012574:Schools; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult