TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of school-based mental health programs on mental health service use by adolescents at school and in the community
AU - Slade, Eric P.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author gratefully acknowledges financial support from the National Institute of Mental Health under Grants K01-MH01647 and MH43703. He also thanks Tom McGuire, David Salkever, Robert Roberts, and participants at the 2001 Advancing Latino Mental Health Services Research conference for comments on a previous draft, and Yolande Kwok for providing research assistance.
PY - 2002/9
Y1 - 2002/9
N2 - Many schools provide counseling to adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems on-site, but little is known about the use of school-based counseling services in the United States, and it is unclear whether these services complement or substitute for counseling services available outside of school. In this study data on mental health services offered in schools are used to estimate the probability of receiving emotional counseling at school and elsewhere. Where mental health services were available on-site, students were substantially more likely to see a counselor in the previous year, controlling for mental health status, health insurance coverage, and other factors. The effects of availability were greater for students enrolled in special education programs than for other students. However, these data also suggest that, relative to other schools, schools offering on-site mental health counseling do not increase or reduce use of counseling services outside of school on average.
AB - Many schools provide counseling to adolescents with behavioral and emotional problems on-site, but little is known about the use of school-based counseling services in the United States, and it is unclear whether these services complement or substitute for counseling services available outside of school. In this study data on mental health services offered in schools are used to estimate the probability of receiving emotional counseling at school and elsewhere. Where mental health services were available on-site, students were substantially more likely to see a counselor in the previous year, controlling for mental health status, health insurance coverage, and other factors. The effects of availability were greater for students enrolled in special education programs than for other students. However, these data also suggest that, relative to other schools, schools offering on-site mental health counseling do not increase or reduce use of counseling services outside of school on average.
KW - Adolescents
KW - Counseling
KW - Mental health services
KW - School-based services
KW - Schools
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1019711113312
DO - 10.1023/A:1019711113312
M3 - Article
C2 - 12385568
AN - SCOPUS:0036740313
VL - 4
SP - 151
EP - 166
JO - Mental Health Services Research
JF - Mental Health Services Research
SN - 1522-3434
IS - 3
ER -