Do no harm: can school mental health interventions cause iatrogenic harm?

Journal article

Abstract:: In recent years, there have been extensive efforts in secondary schools to prevent, treat and raise awareness of adolescent mental health problems. For some adolescents, these efforts are essential and will lead to a reduction in clinical symptoms. However, it is also vital to assess whether, for others, the current approach might be causing iatrogenic harm. A growing body of quantitative research indicates that some aspects of school-based mental health interventions increase distress or clinical symptoms, relative to control activities, and qualitative work indicates that this may be partly due to the interventions themselves.

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Language:: English
Keywords:: school interventions

FFR

adolescence

mental health

adverse effects

iatrogenic harm
Pubs id:: 1331112
Local pid:: pubs:1331112
Deposit date:: 2023-03-03

Copyright holder:: Foulkes and Stringaris
Rights statement:: © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.

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