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Transitions: A Mental Health Literacy Program for Postsecondary Students
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 51, Number 6, November/December 2010
- pp. 723-727
- 10.1353/csd.2010.0014
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Enhancement of mental health literacy is a mental health promotion strategy that may be effective at destigmatizing mental illness and increasing self-seeking behavior. Transitions is a mental health literacy program intended to heighten students' awareness and discussion of mental health problems and promote help-seeking behaviors. Transitions was launched in Nova Scotia in 2007 and distributed to 8,000 students. Transitions has since been launched nationally and is in the process of launching internationally. A follow-up study indicated over 95% of students felt they could relate to Transitions and enjoyed reading it, and 40% discussed Transitions with a friend.