Experiences of school teachers on participation in a brief school mental health program: a qualitative inquiry

Shrinivasa, Basavaraj; Reshma, B. K.; Virupaksha, H. G.; Chandrakanth, Chaithra; Vidya, Nand Ravi Das; Nithyananda, S.; Arthur, Julian A. Joseph; Amaresha, Anekal C.

doi:10.1080/1754730x.2015.1110493

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“…[ 6 ] Besides, more often than not, these sensitization programs are illness oriented (e.g., what are the childhood psychiatric problems) than mental health oriented. [ 7 8 ] Further, the NMHP, though envisages various activities (such as programs to reduce substance abuse problems among children, imparting awareness about mental health, and providing intervention for children with mental illnesses), a specific framework to run a long-term and comprehensive SMHP is not evident. [ 5 ] Thus, the fact of the matter is that there is no comprehensive mental health program under which all school children are uniformly covered.…”

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School mental health program in India

Kumar

2021

Indian Journal of Psychiatry

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School mental health program (SMHP) has been recognized worldwide as key to improve the mental health and wellbeing of school going children. Unfortunately, in India, SMHP is badly neglected. There is no comprehensive SMHP that covers all school children (from rural and urban areas) across the country. A few sporadic activities that occur are praiseworthy; however, they lack a long-term approach. Major reasons for such neglect of SMHP in India could be lack of a steering body, poor intersectoral coordination, and minimal stakeholders' involvement. India, as any other country, needs to implement countrywide SMHP on the model of mental health promotion, prevention, and early intervention (PPEI). This paper outlines the deplorable state of SMHP in India and the needed steps to implement an effective countrywide SMHP on the PPEI model.

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