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Review of mental health promotion interventions in schools
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PURPOSE: The prevalence of mental disorders amongst children and adolescents is an increasing global problem. Schools have been positioned at the forefront of promoting positive mental health and well-being through implementing evidence-based interventions. The aim of this paper is to review current evidence-based research of mental health promotion interventions in schools and examine the reported effectiveness to identify those interventions that can support current policy and ensure that limited resources are appropriately used. METHODS: The authors reviewed the current state of knowledge on school mental health promotion interventions globally. Two major databases, SCOPUS and ERIC were utilised to capture the social science, health, arts and humanities, and education literature. RESULTS: Initial searches identified 25 articles reporting on mental health promotion interventions in schools. When mapped against the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 10 studies were included and explored. Three of these were qualitative and seven were quantitative. CONCLUSIONS: A range of interventions have been tested for mental health promotion in schools in the last decade with variable degrees of success. Our review demonstrates that there is still a need for a stronger and broader evidence base in the field of mental health promotion, which should focus on both universal work and targeted approaches to fully address mental health in our young populations.
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“Mental health promotion for young people has been increasingly embedded within education systems, 330 with an emphasis on sleep hygiene, physical activity, little alcohol and drug use, social connection, and cognitive-behavioural skills.”
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“Educational settings have a central role in promoting mental health, 329,330 recognising the warning signs of mental ill health, 331 and delivering prevention and intervention programmes.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- O’Reilly, M., Svirydzenka, N., Adams, S., & Dogra, N.
- Affiliations
- University of Leicester (GB)
- De Montfort University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- O’Reilly, Michelle
- Venue
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
- Published
- 2018-05-11
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 647-662
- ISSN
- 0933-7954 (ISSN-L)
- 1433-9285
- PMC
- PMC6003977
- OpenAlex
- W2801053462
- Cited by
- 408
- References
- 52
- Citations by year
- 2026: 52 · 2025: 54 · 2024: 78 · 2023: 63 · 2022: 51 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 54 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 13
- FWCI
- 6.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Open Research Online - ORO (The Open University) (acceptedVersion)
- DMU Open Research Archive (De Montfort University) (submittedVersion)
- Leicester Research Archive (University of Leicester) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › School Health and Nursing Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- school-based mental health promotion, child and adolescent mental health, evidence-based interventions, intervention effectiveness, universal prevention, targeted interventions, school mental health policy, well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Child, Female, Health Promotion, Humans, Male, Mental Health, School Health Services, Schools
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