Scope, scale, and dose of the world’s largest school-based mental health programs

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 218-228

  Murphy, J Michael ^a,b   Abel, Madelaine R ^d,e   Hoover, Sharon ^f   Jellinek, Michael ^a,c   Fazel, Mina ^g  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Departments of Psychiatry   (United States)

^c Departments of Pediatrics   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children s mental health; Large scale programs; Prevention; School based interventions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF ESTEEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; MENTAL DISEASE; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 85032513159     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000149     Document Type: Article

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