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Molly McVoy; Salayna M. Abdallah; Emma Church; Joy Yala; Farren Briggs; Jennifer B. Levin – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2025
Background: ADHD is a generally persistent neurodevelopmental condition that can have significant consequences if left untreated, and medication, often in conjunction with psychotherapy, is the first-line treatment with well-established efficacy. Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) represent a particularly vulnerable and understudied subgroup and…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Adolescents, Young Adults, Drug Therapy
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
Eliza S. Godfrey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Educators have limited knowledge of youth mental health disorders, treatment, and school-based supportive strategies. Mental health literacy (MHL) interventions are designed to promote educator understanding of youth mental health. The Go-To Educator Training is a MHL intervention developed for educators. The current study extended research on the…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Mental Health, Multiple Literacies, Intervention
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Walsh, Eibhlin H.; Herring, Matthew P.; McMahon, Jennifer – Prevention Science, 2023
Suicide is the fourth leading cause of death among adolescents, globally. Though post-primary, school-based suicide prevention (PSSP) has the potential to be a key strategy for preventing adolescent suicidal thoughts and behaviours (STBs), there are persisting challenges to translating PSSP research to practice. Intervention and contextual factors…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, School Health Services, Suicide, Prevention
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Te Qi; Gill Strait; Anthony Roberson; John D. Terry – Psychology in the Schools, 2025
The student check-up (SCU) is a brief school-based motivational interviewing intervention developed to promote academic-related behavioral changes and to increase accessibility to mental health services. Despite published randomized controlled trials demonstrating SCU's effectiveness in promoting student self-efficacy in academic efforts, the…
Descriptors: Students, Student Behavior, Mental Health, Mental Health Programs
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Rosen, Melanie R.; Michael, Kurt D.; Jameson, J. P. – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Background: Most suicide prevention programs focus on increasing knowledge regarding the problem of suicide, yet many fail to include information on the science and application of means reduction approaches. In an attempt to address this gap in practice, the Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) program was developed to educate clinicians on…
Descriptors: Suicide, Prevention, Mental Health, College Students
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Micah A. Tilley; Jasmyn K. Skinner; Tina Montreuil – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2024
This pilot study investigated the effectiveness of Healthy Minds, Healthy Schools (HMHS), a universal school cognitive-behavioral therapy program aimed at improving anxiety and emotion regulation. Using a quasi-experimental design with open assignment to groups, elementary students were assigned to either the intervention (n = 186) or comparison…
Descriptors: Well Being, Mental Health, Prevention, Mental Health Programs
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Jonny Lovell; Martin Webber – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 2024
University student mental health and wellbeing is a concern, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Loneliness and social isolation are drivers of student mental health problems, amenable to intervention. "Connecting People" was developed and piloted in health and social care services to support people to enhance their social connections.…
Descriptors: College Students, Social Isolation, Mental Health, Well Being
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Naomi Myburgh; Peter Muris; Helene Loxton – Child Care in Practice, 2024
Background: Children within historically disadvantaged non-Western South African communities are considered as particularly vulnerable to the development of anxiety problems. Although the need for accessible mental health interventions is evident, this need has remained unmet in a country with extreme socio-economic disparities and a lack of…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Children, Anxiety, Prevention
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Nalukwago, Judith; Alaii, Jane; van den Borne, Bart; Bukuluki, Paul Mukisa; Kimbowa, Musa; Bockh, Emily; Coutinho, Sheila Marunga; Crutzen, Rik – Health Education Research, 2020
This study is a process evaluation of an adolescent-focused intervention of the USAID Communication for Healthy Communities program, in Uganda. We used mixed methods including observation, consultations and review of program documents to collect data on program coverage, reach and factors influencing implementation. Findings show that program…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Programs, Adolescents, Program Effectiveness
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Lodder, Annemarie; Papadopoulos, Chris; Randhawa, Gurch – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2020
This study presents findings from a feasibility trial, testing an 8-week psychosocial stigma protection intervention (SOLACE) designed to improve the mental health of parents of autistic children. Seventeen parents were stratified then randomly assigned to either SOLACE (n = 9) or control group (n = 8). Retention and adherence rates were excellent…
Descriptors: Parents, Mental Health, Children, Autism
Melissa Hamilton – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Youth spend an increasing amount of time at school and are experiencing greater mental health needs in the school setting. School professionals have the responsibility to respond and assist in managing the mental health needs of students. Illinois has implemented the Illinois Mental Health First Aid Training Act to provide psychoeducational…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Professional Personnel, Youth, Rural Schools
Moore, Stephanie A.; Arnold, Kimberly T.; Beidas, Rinad S.; Mendelson, Tamar – Grantee Submission, 2021
Background: Implementation strategies used to enhance the implementation of interventions during efficacy and effectiveness studies are rarely reported. Tracking and reporting implementation strategies during these phases has potential to improve future research studies and real-world implementation. We present an exemplar of how this might be…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Intervention, Prevention, Trauma
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Bu, He; Duan, Wenjie – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: To better understand the effectiveness of a single-session positive cognitive intervention and uncover the possible mechanisms. Participants: Participants were 79 first-year students (aged 17-21) who volunteered for the intervention during the 2016 fall semester. Methods: Participants were randomly assigned into the intervention group…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Intervention, Mental Health, Cognitive Restructuring
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Matheson, Brittany E.; Drahota, Amy; Boutelle, Kerri N. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2019
Evidence-based weight-loss treatments for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are lacking. Therefore, a parent-based weight-loss treatment for children with ASD (PBT-ASD) was developed. A pilot study was conducted to test the initial efficacy, feasibility, and acceptability of this intervention. Parents of 20 children with ASD and…
Descriptors: Children, Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Body Weight
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