Because health is not the primary business of schools, a school's response to mental health
and psychosocial concerns usually is limited to targeted problems seen as direct barriers to …

Schools have long been the primary setting for children's mental health services but have
neither the resources nor the expertise to manage these services independently. The critical …

Context Adolescent depression is highly prevalent and has substantial morbidity, including
suicide attempts, school dropout, and substance abuse, but many depressed adolescents …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship of depressive and disruptive disorders with
patterns of mental health services utilization in a community sample of children and …

Abstract In 1982, Knitzer's compelling Unclaimed Children underscored the tremendous gap
between the mental health needs of children in the United States and services actually …

A meta-analysis of school-based interventions for anxious and depressed youth using
QUORUM guidelines was conducted. Studies were located by searching electronic …

Page 1 MENA ºl. T Schools Engaging Learners, Preventing Problems, and Improving Schools
HOWARDS. ADELMAN LINIDATAVLOR Page 2 MENTAL HEALTH in Schools Engaging …

Abstract Parents (n= 161) and teachers (n= 18) from an urban elementary school serving
primarily African American children completed questionnaires regarding racial socialization …

Studied the effectiveness of a school-based mental health service model, PALS (Positive
Attitudes toward Learning in School), focused on increasing initial and ongoing access to …

School-based mental health services hold promise for reaching youths in need. This article
draws on an ecological-mediational model for school-based mental health services that …