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Listening to Voices across Spaces

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Mental Health Promotion in Schools

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In recent decades, the World Health Organization has been actively engaged in the promotion of mental health in schools, particularly in view of the concern about mental health difficulties in children and young people. About 20% of school children across different cultures experience mental health problems during the course of any given year and may need the use of mental health service (WHO, 2013).

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Cefai, C., Cooper, P. (2017). Listening to Voices across Spaces. In: Cefai, C., Cooper, P. (eds) Mental Health Promotion in Schools. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-053-0_1

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