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Practitioner Review: School‐based interventions in child mental health
Author(s) -
Paulus Frank W.,
Ohmann Susanne,
Popow Christian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/jcpp.12584
Subject(s) - psycinfo , psychological intervention , mental health , psychology , cognition , medline , medical education , clinical psychology , applied psychology , psychotherapist , psychiatry , medicine , political science , law
Background School‐based interventions ( SBI s) are well‐established and effective treatments for improving child mental health. Specific school‐based topics include prevention (Tier I– III ) and interventions (e.g. cognitive–behavioural programmes and daily report cards). Methods We performed a systematic literature search in five commonly used online databases ( ERIC , MEDLINE , Psyc ARTICLES , Psyc INFO and PSYNDEX ) for English‐language articles published between 1993 and 2015. Additional sources included reference lists of relevant articles and book chapters. Results We identified a number of successful behavioural or cognitive–behavioural programmes yielding moderate to strong effects for a range of emotional and behavioural problems. The implementation of these programmes and the collaboration of the involved settings (school and home) and persons are important factors for their effectiveness under real‐life conditions. Conclusions Effective SBI s are valuable tools for students with mental health problems if evidence‐based cognitive–behavioural interventions are applied and rules of translational algorithms and implementation science are respected.