TY - BOOK AU - Kutcher,Stan AU - Wei,Yifeng AU - Weist,Mark D. TI - School mental health: global challenges and opportunities SN - 9781107284241 (ebook) AV - LB3430 .S4544 2015 U1 - 371.7/13 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - School psychology KW - Clinical psychology N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 May 2016) N2 - The realisation that most mental disorders have their onset before the age of twenty-five has focused psychiatric research towards adolescent mental health. This book provides vivid examples of school mental health innovations from eighteen countries, addressing mental health promotion and interventions. These initiatives and innovations enable readers from different regions and disciplines to apply strategies to help students achieve and maintain mental health, enhance their learning outcomes and access services, worldwide. Through case studies of existing programs, such as the integrated system of care approach in the USA, the school-based pathway to care framework in Canada, the therapeutic school consultation approach in Turkey and the REACH model in Singapore, it highlights challenges and solutions to building initiatives, even when resources are scarce. This will be essential reading for educators, health providers, policy makers, researchers and other stakeholders engaged in helping students achieve mental health and enhance their learning outcomes UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107284241 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/school-mental-health/8428602F905401A1466E14B5DBD10011 ER -