Download or read book Screening Mental Health Problems in Schools A Center Policy Issues Analysis Brief written by California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-standing policy controversies have heated up as a result of increasing proposals for using schools to screen for mental health problems (e.g., depression screening). This brief highlights the following issues: (1) How appropriate is large-scale screening for mental health problems? (2) Will the costs of large-scale mental health screening programs outweigh the benefits? and (3) Are schools an appropriate venue for large-scale screening of mental health problems?

Download or read book Mental Health Screening at School written by Meghan C. Stiffler and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-12 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the use of prediagnostic mental health screening as part of preventive services in primary and secondary schools. It presents the theory underlying mental health screening for children and the obstacles against its widespread implementation. Empirical findings illustrate the potential of schools as the platform for mental and general health services. The authors contribute their own experiences to provide real-world perspectives and establish future directions for research and practice on mental health screening in schools. Featured topics include: Rationales for comprehensive mental health screening in schools. Evaluations of widely used assessment instruments for suitability with children and youth. An analysis of mental health screening in a Response to Intervention framework. The multiple-gate approach to screening and service delivery. Benefits and challenges of screening in educational settings. Current and emerging issues in the field. Mental Health Screening at School is a valuable resource for clinicians and scientist-practitioners, researchers, and graduate students in school psychology, social work, special education, and school counseling, as well as school principals and administrators.

Download or read book Handbook of School Mental Health written by Mark D. Weist and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With so few therapeutic outlets readily available to young people, schools have evolved into mental health centers for many students. Yet schools are hampered by limited access to resources needed to provide mental health promotion, prevention, and intervention services. Like its acclaimed predecessor, the Second Edition of the Handbook of School Mental Health offers ways for professionals to maximize resources, make and strengthen valuable connections, and attain more effective school-based services and programming. At the same time, the Handbook provides strategies and recommendations in critical areas, such as workforce development, interdisciplinary collaborations, youth/family engagement, consultation, funding, and policy concerns, summarizes the state of current research, and offers directions for further study. Chapters model best practices for promoting wellness and safety, early detection of emotional and behavioral problems, and school-based interventions for students with anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and other common challenges. In spotlighting this range of issues, the contributors have created a comprehensive game plan for advancing the field. Among the Handbook's topics: Pre-service training for school mental health clinicians. Cognitive-behavioral interventions for trauma in schools. Increasing parental engagement in school-based interventions. Models of psychiatric consultation to schools. Culturally competent behavioral and emotional screening. Bullying from a school mental health perspective. Prevention and intervention strategies related to a variety of mental health problems in schools. The Second Edition of the Handbook of School Mental Health is an essential reference for researchers, graduate students, and other professionals in child and school psychology, special and general education, public health, school nursing, occupational therapy, psychiatry, social work and counseling, educational policy, and family advocacy.

Download or read book A Pressing Issue written by Carilyn E. Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current state of mental health care is in crisis in Wisconsin and nationally, and the political climate is set for needed improvement. This paper discusses the significant shortage of professionals and children not getting the help they need in this area. Early intervention is key both in school and in life. Yet, school resources and teachers lack both time and money. Teachers lack preparation by health care professionals to address mental health issues. Schools do conduct health screenings like vision or medical screenings, but mental health screening is neither typical nor required. In fact, very few schools in Wisconsin screen ... for mental health problems, identifying children for early intervention and referral. This paper analyzes national research mental health screening and considers whether schools or medical settings are the best place for screening. This paper suggest[s] population-based health screenings as part of a school public health program as a tool for early intervention and remediation. Schools are an ideal place to prioritize help for students without barriers. These include Medicaid, long wait lists, appointments that conflict with work or school, cost of screening at pediatrician offices, and travel concerns in rural communities. Mandated school-based mental health is an impactful and transformative way to screen and increase accessibility to mental health services and help our children thrive socially, emotionally, and academically as a universal approach. Mental health screenings could potentially catch more issues than vision, hearing, or scoliosis screenings. Prevention and early intervention are key to help solve this significant problem.

Download or read book Fostering Healthy Mental Emotional and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2020-01-18 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Healthy mental, emotional, and behavioral (MEB) development is a critical foundation for a productive adulthood. Much is known about strategies to support families and communities in strengthening the MEB development of children and youth, by promoting healthy development and also by preventing and mitigating disorder, so that young people reach adulthood ready to thrive and contribute to society. Over the last decade, a growing body of research has significantly strengthened understanding of healthy MEB development and the factors that influence it, as well as how it can be fostered. Yet, the United States has not taken full advantage of this growing knowledge base. Ten years later, the nation still is not effectively mitigating risks for poor MEB health outcomes; these risks remain prevalent, and available data show no significant reductions in their prevalence. Fostering Healthy Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Development in Children and Youth: A National Agenda examines the gap between current research and achievable national goals for the next ten years. This report identifies the complexities of childhood influences and highlights the need for a tailored approach when implementing new policies and practices. This report provides a framework for a cohesive, multidisciplinary national approach to improving MEB health.

Download or read book Preventing Suicide written by National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "'Preventing suicide: A toolkit for high schools' was funded ... to help high schools, school districts, and their partners design and implement strategies to prevent suicide and promote behavioral health among their students. This information and tools in this toolkit will help schools and their partners: Assess their ability to prevent suicide among students and respond to suicides that may occur -- Understand strategies that can help students who are at risk for suicide -- Understand how to respond to the suicide of a student or other member of the school community -- Identify suicide prevention programs and activities that are effective for individual schools and respond to the needs and cultures of each school's students -- Integrate suicide prevention into activities that fulfill other aspects of the school's mission, such as preventing the abuse of alcohol and other drugs."--description from Introduction.

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Adolescence written by Roger J.R. Levesque and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 3161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Adolescence breaks new ground as an important central resource for the study of adolescence. Comprehensive in breath and textbook in depth, the Encyclopedia of Adolescence – with entries presented in easy-to-access A to Z format – serves as a reference repository of knowledge in the field as well as a frequently updated conduit of new knowledge long before such information trickles down from research to standard textbooks. By making full use of Springer’s print and online flexibility, the Encyclopedia is at the forefront of efforts to advance the field by pushing and creating new boundaries and areas of study that further our understanding of adolescents and their place in society. Substantively, the Encyclopedia draws from four major areas of research relating to adolescence. The first broad area includes research relating to "Self, Identity and Development in Adolescence". This area covers research relating to identity, from early adolescence through emerging adulthood; basic aspects of development (e.g., biological, cognitive, social); and foundational developmental theories. In addition, this area focuses on various types of identity: gender, sexual, civic, moral, political, racial, spiritual, religious, and so forth. The second broad area centers on "Adolescents’ Social and Personal Relationships". This area of research examines the nature and influence of a variety of important relationships, including family, peer, friends, sexual and romantic as well as significant nonparental adults. The third area examines "Adolescents in Social Institutions". This area of research centers on the influence and nature of important institutions that serve as the socializing contexts for adolescents. These major institutions include schools, religious groups, justice systems, medical fields, cultural contexts, media, legal systems, economic structures, and youth organizations. "Adolescent Mental Health" constitutes the last major area of research. This broad area of research focuses on the wide variety of human thoughts, actions, and behaviors relating to mental health, from psychopathology to thriving. Major topic examples include deviance, violence, crime, pathology (DSM), normalcy, risk, victimization, disabilities, flow, and positive youth development.

Download or read book Resources in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Current Status of Mental Health in Schools written by University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Mental Health in Schools and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's school and community stakeholders are attempting to address complex, multifaceted, and overlapping psychosocial and mental health concerns in diverse, fragmented and at-times marginalized ways. This has led to competition for sparse resources and inadequate results. Enhancing mental health in schools is not an easy task. The bottom line is that limited efficacy seems inevitable as long as the full continuum of necessary programs is unavailable and staff development remains deficient; limited cost effectiveness seems inevitable as long as related interventions are carried out in isolation of each other; and limited systemic change is likely as long as the entire enterprise is marginalized in policy and practice. This state of affairs calls for realigning policy and practice around a unifying and cohesive framework based on well-conceived models and the best available scholarship. Initiatives for mental health in schools must be connected in major ways with the mission of schools and integrated into a restructured system of education support programs and services. This means braiding resources and interventions with a view to ensuring there is a system of learning supports that meets overlapping needs and does so by fully integrating mental health agenda into school improvement planning at school and district levels. Policy and practice must end the marginalization of mental health in schools. Six appendices include: (1) A. New Freedom Commission on Mental Health Recommendations; (2) Reframing How Schools Address Barriers to Learning; (3) Some Natural Opportunities to Enhance Mental Health at School; (4) Guidelines for Mental Health in Schools; (5) Examples of Policy Statements for a Unifying Approach in Schools; and (6) Examples of Provisions in Federal Law that Allow Districts to Redeploy Federal Resources to Improve Systems. (Contains 18 exhibits.).

Download or read book School Mental Health written by Stan Kutcher and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides vivid examples of school mental health innovations from 18 countries, addressing mental health promotion, prevention and interventions. These initiatives and innovations enable readers from different regions and disciplines to apply strategies to help students achieve and maintain mental health, enhance their learning outcomes and access services, worldwide.

Download or read book Research Awards Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 1230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Building Collaboration for Mental Health Services in California Schools What Will Be Built written by California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for Mental Health in Schools and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our analysis of California's state department of education's Request for Proposals (RFP) for a project to "Build Collaboration for Mental Health Services in California Schools" leads us to underscore both the opportunity presented by the proposed work and the potential for serious unintended negative consequences. This brief is designed to share our analyses and to highlight what must be addressed when the project gets underway if it is to contribute significantly to a broad mental health agenda, while also improving schools and facilitating learning. Resources for Planning Mental Health in Schools Information Sheet is appended.

Download or read book Research Grants Index written by National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Division of Research Grants and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Whole Child Whole Classroom written by Emily Suzanne Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite myriad mental health programs to address mental illness in place in public schools across the United States, rates of child and adolescent mental illness continue to rise. As an indicator of the severity of these issues, child and adolescent deaths by suicide, among those aged 10 to 24, provide a stark example: this rate increased 56% across the US between 2007 and 2017 (Curtin & Heron, 2019). Children and adolescents face many inequalities in relation to developing mental illnesses which include location, poverty, caretaker mental illness, substance misuse in the home, abuse and neglect (Hair et al., 2015; Marmot et al., 2008; Vernon-Feagans et al., 2012). In addition to increased risk for developing mental illnesses, there are identification and treatment disparities related to location, family demographics and family mental health (Barnett, 2008; Johnson & Coles, 2013). Public schools, which service 90% of children and adolescents in the U.S., (Elementary and Secondary Enrollment, NCES, 2019), present a promising site for the identification and intervention of mental health issues. Unfortunately, there are also barriers in the identification and delivery of mental health treatment. With teacher overutilization, vague state and district-level mental health policies and highly variable resources and staff, schools are providing an inconsistent response to student mental illness (Jacob & McGovern, 2015; Reinke et al., 2011a; Walcott et al., 2018). Some interventions may be more effective than others, and classroom teachers may be able to provide insights into the effectiveness of interventions as they spend the most time observing the effects on their students. The purpose of this research was to collect teachers' perceptions of their school as an environment for supporting student mental health. To this end, I implemented a mixed methods research project to examine school environments as they relate to mental health at the school building, district and county level to ascertain whether certain environments (consisting of mental health staff, programming and policies) were perceived as being helpful to supporting student mental health. First, I collected teacher data using a mixed-methods, cross-sectional electronic survey that included demographic questions, questions about school resources, open-ended questions and a validated instrument for assessing teachers' perceptions, attitudes and emotions related to student mental illness. In addition to this, I gathered data from the US Decennial Census and the National Center for Education Statistics. For policy analysis, I collected data from school districts' board policy manuals. To analyze data, I used a combination of inferential and descriptive statistical models in addition to qualitative thematic analysis. I developed analysis categories for school buildings and districts using hierarchical clustering analysis to compare variables such as staff to student ratios, county financial demographics, district spending and other differences which may impact mental health environments. The three types of categories are mental health policies, school district variables, overall financial variables and school building variables. To assess relationships between categories and the data from surveys and reports, I developed regression models to analyze the likelihood of effects between variables. The purpose of this project was to take a first step to assess whether school differences among these four analysis categories impact student mental health.

Download or read book Community Public Health Nursing Promoting the Public s Health written by Judith Allender and published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. This book was released on 2013-04-26 with total page 1107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community & Public Health Nursing is designed to provide students a basic grounding in public health nursing principles while emphasizing aggregate-level nursing. While weaving in meaningful examples from practice throughout the text, the authors coach students on how to navigate between conceptualizing about a population-focus while also continuing to advocate and care for individuals, families, and aggregates. This student-friendly, highly illustrated text engages students, and by doing so, eases students into readily applying public health principles along with evidence-based practice, nursing science, and skills that promote health, prevent disease, as well as protect at-risk populations! What the 8th edition of this text does best is assist students in broadening the base of their knowledge and skills that they can employ in both the community and acute care settings, while the newly enhanced ancillary resources offers interactive tools that allow students of all learning styles to master public health nursing.

Download or read book Research in Education written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Gun Violence and Mental Illness written by Liza H. Gold, M.D. and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perhaps never before has an objective, evidence-based review of the intersection between gun violence and mental illness been more sorely needed or more timely. Gun Violence and Mental Illness, written by a multidisciplinary roster of authors who are leaders in the fields of mental health, public health, and public policy, is a practical guide to the issues surrounding the relation between firearms deaths and mental illness. Tragic mass shootings that capture headlines reinforce the mistaken beliefs that people with mental illness are violent and responsible for much of the gun violence in the United States. This misconception stigmatizes individuals with mental illness and distracts us from the awareness that approximately 65% of all firearm deaths each year are suicides. This book is an apolitical exploration of the misperceptions and realities that attend gun violence and mental illness. The authors frame both pressing social issues as public health problems subject to a variety of interventions on individual and collective levels, including utilization of a novel perspective: evidence-based interventions focusing on assessments and indicators of dangerousness, with or without indications of mental illness. Reader-friendly, well-structured, and accessible to professional and lay audiences, the book: * Reviews the epidemiology of gun violence and its relationship to mental illness, exploring what we know about those who perpetrate mass shootings and school shootings. * Examines the current legal provisions for prohibiting access to firearms for those with mental illness and whether these provisions and new mandated reporting interventions are effective or whether they reinforce negative stereotypes associated with mental illness. * Discusses the issues raised in accessing mental health treatment in regard to diminished treatment resources, barriers to access, and involuntary commitment.* Explores novel interventions for addressing these issues from a multilevel and multidisciplinary public health perspective that does not stigmatize people with mental illness. This includes reviews of suicide risk assessment; increasing treatment engagement; legal, social, and psychiatric means of restricting access to firearms when people are in crisis; and, when appropriate, restoration of firearm rights. Mental health clinicians and trainees will especially appreciate the risk assessment strategies presented here, and mental health, public health, and public policy researchers will find Gun Violence and Mental Illness a thoughtful and thought-provoking volume that eschews sensationalism and embraces serious scholarship.