TY - JOUR
T1 - Mental health interventions in schools in low-income and middle-income countries
AU - Fazel, Mina
AU - Patel, Vikram
AU - Thomas, Saji
AU - Tol, Wietse
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2014/10/1
Y1 - 2014/10/1
N2 - Increasing enrolment rates could place schools in a crucial position to support mental health in low-income and middle-income countries. In this Review, we provide evidence for mental health interventions in schools in accordance with a public mental health approach spanning promotion, prevention, and treatment. We identified a systematic review for mental health promotion, and identified further prevention and treatment studies. Present evidence supports schools as places for promotion of positive aspects of mental health using a whole-school approach. Knowledge of effectiveness of prevention and treatment interventions is more widely available for conflict-affected children and adolescents. More evidence is needed to identify the many elements likely to be associated with effective prevention and treatment for children exposed to a range of adversity and types of mental disorders. Dissemination and implementation science is crucial to establish how proven effective interventions could be scaled up and implemented in schools.
AB - Increasing enrolment rates could place schools in a crucial position to support mental health in low-income and middle-income countries. In this Review, we provide evidence for mental health interventions in schools in accordance with a public mental health approach spanning promotion, prevention, and treatment. We identified a systematic review for mental health promotion, and identified further prevention and treatment studies. Present evidence supports schools as places for promotion of positive aspects of mental health using a whole-school approach. Knowledge of effectiveness of prevention and treatment interventions is more widely available for conflict-affected children and adolescents. More evidence is needed to identify the many elements likely to be associated with effective prevention and treatment for children exposed to a range of adversity and types of mental disorders. Dissemination and implementation science is crucial to establish how proven effective interventions could be scaled up and implemented in schools.
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U2 - 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)70357-8
DO - 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)70357-8
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84919956313
SN - 2215-0366
VL - 1
SP - 388
EP - 398
JO - The Lancet Psychiatry
JF - The Lancet Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -