What if Smokey Bear only taught us how to put out fires?

We're glad you asked! Mental Health Literacy (MHL) is a part of health literacy that has historically been "left out" of education. This critical piece of education is a proactive solution to the current mental health crisis.

MHL includes four core components:

1. Understanding how to foster & maintain positive mental health

2. Understanding common mental health disorders, signs & symptoms, and treatments

3. Understanding how to seek help effectively

4. Understanding stigma and strategies for stigma reduction

"With good mental health literacy, we learn how to take better care of ourselves, our loved ones, and our communities. We are empowered and provided with the skills that we need to help us build better lives, better systems of care, and a better society."

~ Wei & Kutcher 2018 (leading MHL researchers)