Open AccessSchool Based Mental Health Promotion
Author(s) -
Kathryn Puskar,
Kirsti M. H. Stark,
Carl I. Fertman,
Lisa Marie Bernardo,
Richard Engberg,
Richard G. Barton
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
californian journal of health promotion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1545-8725
pISSN - 1545-8717
DOI - 10.32398/cjhp.v4i4.1982
Subject(s) - mental health , depression (economics) , health promotion , promotion (chess) , medicine , health education , depressive symptoms , family medicine , nursing , psychiatry , psychology , public health , political science , anxiety , politics , law , economics , macroeconomics
Integrating health education and health promotion into practice is routinely done by nurses. According to a national survey, the need for mental health services has increased in over two thirds of school districts. This article describes the screening of 193 adolescents in Rural Western Pennsylvania’s 9th, 10th, and 11th graders for depressive symptoms. Ten percent (N=19) of students had depressive symptoms, the majority of which were female. These students were interviewed by the research team. The outcome themes and referrals are reported as well as the discussion of implications for nurses in screening for depression and health promotion.