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Universal interventions in mental health promotion in schools are increasingly gaining salience as schools seek to provide more relevant and meaningful education matched to the realities of the twenty first century. A universal perspective of mental health is focused on mental health promotion for all students through a whole school approach.
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Cefai, C., Askell-Williams, H. (2017). School Staff’ Perspectives on Mental Health Promotion and Wellbeing in School. In: Cefai, C., Cooper, P. (eds) Mental Health Promotion in Schools. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-053-0_7
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