This page shares some research articles that school or college leaders and Mental Health Leads may find useful in exploring solutions for their setting.
1 School culture and student mental health: a qualitative study in UK secondary schools
(BMC Public Health)
2 Building a ‘whole-school approach’: How are mainstream secondary schools supporting students’ mental health and wellbeing?
(Thesis Sinead Veale)
3 Children and Adolescents Mental Health: A Systematic review of interaction-based interventions in schools and communities
(Frontiers in Psychology)
4 Effectiveness of Mental Health Literacy Programs in Primary and Secondary Schools: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis
(MDPI)
5 From resilience to wellbeing: Identity building as an alternative framework for schools’ role in promoting children’s mental health
(Review of Education)
6 Perspectives on what schools and mental health services can do about bullying of adolescents with severe emotional health conditions
(Pastoral Care in Education)
7 Review of mental health promotion interventions in schools
(Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology)
8 School leaders and a culture of support: Fostering student social emotional development
(Issues in Educational Research)
9 Prevalence of mental health problems in schools: poverty and other risk factors among 28 000 adolescents in England
(The British Journal of Psychiatry)
10 Student health and well-being in secondary schools: the role of school support staff alongside teaching staff
(Pastoral Care in Education)
11 The dangers of mental health promotion in schools
(Journal of Philosophy in Education)
12 The Mental Health of Transgender Young People in Secondary Schools: A Scoping Review
(School Mental Health)
13 The Role of Schools in Supporting Children and Young People’s Mental Health
(Education and Health)
14 Childhood Lifestyle Behaviours and Mental Health Symptoms in Adolescence
(Jama Network Open)