SUMMARY
In the new millenium, curricula should take the next generation's fulfillment and happiness into account. The present study aims at achieving an integrated knowledge to characterize the goals of a mental health improvement-based curriculum, performed in the form of research synthesis analyzing previous investigations in the area. Targeted homogeneous sampling was applied to select 100 papers on the subject of pupils' mental health authored by Iranian researchers found accredited data bases between 1996 and 2016. Data analysis using open subject coding encompassing three stages, namely open, axial, and selective coding, indicated that in order to improve the pupils' mental health, a curriculum should embody goals in three areas labeled as knowledge/cognitive, competence/capability, and attitude. Knoledge category would be made up of such objectives as improving mental health literacy, well being knowledge, and mental disorders identification. The competence category, on the other hand, wiuld embrace the following objectives: empathic communication, behavior management, responsibility, tolerance enhancement, self expression competency, enabling adaptation, and finally, decision making and problem solving capabilities. Ultimately, such objectives as value orientation and positive perfectionism, goal orientation, positive self image, and inclination toward positive interaction would make up the attitude-related category.