Training Teachers to Become Mental Health Promoters: Impact on Their Well-Being

Teachers are identified like a risk group for developing mental health problems. This fact seems worrying because it is known that young people spend a lot of time in school and apparently the teachers` mental health problems can affect the students` mental health and well-being. This study aimed at analysing the impact of training teachers to become mental health promoters, in their own mental health and well-being. Participated 276 teachers who work in schools in Portuguese mainland and participated in the ES’COOL training. Two evaluation moments were carried out, the initial evaluation - one week before the beginning of the training, and the final evaluation - one week after the end of the training. Results show that in addition to the skills worked during the training, the teachers` well-being and mental health also improved at the end of the training. The variable that evidenced to be the most important for the teachers' well-being promotion was that they started the training with more positive affect and more life satisfied.