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Direct linkSamantha Reaves; Brittany Parham; Kristen Figas; Brooke Chehoski; Karah Palmer; Mark D. Weist – American Journal of Health Education, 2025
Background: School mental health literacy programs, delivered at the universal level, are key to promoting positive behavioral health for all youth. Successfully implementing these programs requires adaptation to ensure the programs are aligned with contextual demands of the schools in which they are implemented. Yet, little is known about how to…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Program Implementation, Middle Schools, Student Welfare
Download full textPatrice Whitehorne-Smith; Phoebe Simpson; Maya Hayden-Evans; Gillian Liu; Sonya Girdler; Ben Milbourn – Higher Education Studies, 2025
University Students' psychological well-being can impact their health, academic performance, retention, and ability to complete university. Participation in peer mentoring well-being programs has been found to help improve student outcomes. This study aimed to explore student mentors' experiences of a co-designed university student peer-to-peer…
Descriptors: Mentors, Student Welfare, Mental Health, Peer Relationship
UK Department for Education, 2025
This research was conducted by the Department for Education (DfE) to explore the models, uses and perceived outcomes of in-school support units within mainstream schools in England. Ten mainstream secondary schools across England, including 12 members of school staff, were interviewed by DfE social researchers to understand the purpose, use and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Nontraditional Education, Pupil Personnel Services
Jessica Deighton; Abigail Thompson; Neil Humphrey; Emma Thornton; Christopher Knowles; Praveetha Patalay; Kyann Zhang; Sarah Evans-Lacko; Daniel Hayes; Anna March; Rosie Mansfield; Joao Santos; Emre Deniz; Paul Stallard; Emma Ashworth; Bettina Moltrecht; Kirsty Nisbet; Emily Stapley; Carla Mason; Jessica Stepanous; Jan Rasmus Boehnke – UK Department for Education, 2025
The aim of the AWARE (Approaches for Wellbeing and Mental Health Literacy:?Research?in Education) trial was to assess the impact of two interventions that have already been developed and found to be effective in other countries (Kutcher et al., 2015; Wasserman et al., 2015) to see if they might be effective in improving mental health related…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Intervention, Consciousness Raising, Secondary Schools
Conor Hammersley; Noel Richardson; David Meredith; John McNamara; Paula Carroll; Paul Jenkins – Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, 2025
Purpose: Farmers face particular challenges with their mental health and wellbeing programmes are necessary resources of support. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the 'On Feirm Ground' farmer mental health training programme targeted at farm advisors in Ireland. Methodology: Between October 2021 and April 2022, 'On Feirm Ground' Trainers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Agricultural Occupations, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
Claudia Corpus-Espinosa; Isotta Mac Fadden; María del Carmen Torrejón-Guirado; Marta Lima-Serrano – Prevention Science, 2025
Adolescence is a critical period for developing risk behaviors such as substance use, which can impact health in adulthood. Culturally adapted evidence-based programs (EBPs) are promising for prevention. This review explores the processes for culturally adapting EBPs targeting alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis use, and/or anxiety or depression in…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Substance Abuse, Prevention, Programs
Simone H. Schriger; Steven C. Marcus; Emily M. Becker-Haimes; Rinad S. Beidas – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2025
Developing tailored implementation strategies to increase the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) requires accurate identification of predictors of their use. However, known difficulties with measuring EBP use complicates interpretation of the extant literature. In this proof-of-concept study, we examined whether the same predictors of use of…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Youth, Evidence Based Practice, Predictor Variables
Heather J. Gotham; Nancy Lever; Jessica Gonzalez; Maximilian Macias; Ricardo Canelo; Shannon McCullough; Sharon Hoover – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
Educators and school staff are critical to recognizing and supporting students' mental health, but frequently do not have the training to confidently bring mental health literacy into the classroom or assist students who experience distress. Moreover, few free, easily accessible trainings are available for this audience. Classroom Well-being…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Training, Mental Health, Literacy
Christina G. McDonnell; Robert A. Kaya; Theresa Andrzejewski; Saily Gomez Batista – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
Purpose: Autistic adults experience high rates of traumatic events and PTSD. However, little work has evaluated motor vehicle accident (MVA) related trauma symptoms. The goal of this brief report was to provide pilot data characterizing MVA-related peritraumatic reactions, trauma symptoms, and rates of PTSD diagnosis and mental health service use…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
Jia Ma; Stephen W. Smith; Brian R. Barber – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2025
Early adolescents entering middle school are at a pivotal developmental phase as they become less dependent on parents/guardians and seek greater autonomy while encountering a complexity of social demands requiring them to regulate their emotions, thoughts, and behaviors to achieve academic and social success. Yet, students who receive services…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Middle School Students, Emotional Disturbances, Behavior Disorders
Guanqi Sun; Chengyi Wang; Junhua Zhang – SAGE Open, 2025
To address the urgent need for effective adolescent mental health support, this systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated the impact of mental health literacy interventions on adolescents, a group highly susceptible to mental health issues. In accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA)…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Mental Health, Literacy, Adolescents
Elizabeth Casline; Grace S. Woodard; Elizabeth Lane; Scott Pollowitz; Susan Douglas; Jill Ehrenreich-May; Golda S. Ginsburg; Amanda Jensen-Doss – Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 2025
Measurement-based care (MBC) is an evidence-based practice (EBP) focused on regularly administering outcome measures to clients to inform clinical decision making. While MBC shows promise for improving youth treatment outcomes, therapist adoption remains low. Clinical consultation is one strategy that improves MBC implementation, but our limited…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Consultants, Counseling Techniques, Program Implementation
Annie Slease; Dareen Khatib; Teri Lawler; Sabra Collins; Nicole Kennedy; Donna Volpitta; Jason Schofield – American Journal of Health Education, 2025
Background: Youth mental health needs have worsened following COVID-19. Rising demand for school mental health services is straining capacity. Several states have added policies requiring mental health education, yet these vary widely and barriers to operationalization exist. Purpose: This paper explores the onerous landscape of mental health…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Multiple Literacies, Health Education, Middle School Students
Universal, School-Based Mental Health Literacy Programs for Middle School Students: A Scoping Review
Claire P. Zachik; Sarah C. Collica; Jacob White; Candice Espinoza; Karen L. Swartz; Mariel L. Cataldi – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: Universal, classroom-based mental health literacy (MHL) curricula are associated with improved mental health knowledge, attitudes, and help-seeking behaviors. Young adolescents are an ideal target given their need for and receptivity toward MHL education. Methods: We conducted a scoping review to identify universal, school-based MHL…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Multiple Literacies, Middle School Students
Gisselle Soto Rivas; Margaret Canady; Gina Klemm; Jessica L. Barrington-Trimis; Alyssa F. Harlow – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: Mental health care is critical to improving mental health but factors associated with student utilization are poorly understood. Methods: Data were from high school students (N = 2933; mean age = 15.7 ± 0.6) enrolled in a California cohort. We examined associations of sociodemographic factors, substance use, and mental health symptoms…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Mental Health Programs, Adolescents, High School Students
