What is mental health literacy? Meet the collaborative helping states and young people advocate for student well-being

Read the article featuring the MHLC in EdNC

What does it mean to teach mental health literacy?

Pooja Mehta, project coordinator for the Mental Health Literacy Collaborative’s Young Adult Council, has one answer: “Teaching people how to be people. Teaching people how to connect with each other, how to care about each other, and really how to strengthen those bonds that give rise to functional and caring communities.”

Originally from North Carolina, Mehta helped lead the development of a mental health literacy advocacy toolkit designed by and for young people — one of the many tools the Mental Health Literacy Collaborative (MHLC) oversees…

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