SynthesisDeutsches Arzteblatt international2016
Mental Health Problems in a School Setting in Children and Adolescents.
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82 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 217 citations in OpenAlex.
- Contextual determinants associated with children's and adolescents' mental health care utilization: a systematic review.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- The link between social communication and mental health from childhood to young adulthood: A systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Dyscalculia.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2019Pooled it
- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading and/or Spelling Disorders in Children and Adolescents.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2016Pooled it
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- Implementation of the Good School Toolkit in Uganda: a quantitative process evaluation of a successful violence prevention program.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Network Architecture of Anxiety-Related Distress in 346,677 Chinese Youth: Divergence by Educational Track and Developmental Stage.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2026Article
- From Programmes to Planning: How Schools Define and Prioritise Mental Health Problem Prevention.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2026Article
- Clinical, familial, and socio-cultural profile of children with mental health disorders in the Kurdistan region: a large retrospective cross-sectional study.Postepy psychiatrii neurologii · 2026Article
- Adaptation and Validation of the 8-Item Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale (DASS-8) in Peruvian School Adolescents.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Understanding Rehabilitative Education: Professionals' Conceptions in Finnish Upper-Secondary Vocational Education.Continuity in education · 2026Article
- A scoping review of "Tang ping" (Lying flat) and mental health status among Chinese youth.PloS one · 2026Article
- Evaluation of an online training course for educational professionals on depression and mental health in childhood and adolescence.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2025Article
- Mental Health Trajectories in Medical Students: The Impact of Academic Repetition on Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and Its Impact on Teacher Stress, Self-Efficacy, and Attitudes Towards Inclusion: Longitudinal Insights from the StaFF-BL Project.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Uncovering the Relationship Between Bullying, Social Communication Challenges, and the Emergence of Mental Health Problems Among Saudi Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Association between social capital and depressive symptoms in adolescents relocated for poverty alleviation in Shanxi, China: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring mental health challenges and violence risks in high school population.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Mental health and internet addiction: prevalence and risk factors among vocational high school students in Henan, China.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
background10-20% of children and adolescents have a mental health problem of some type. Manifestations such as attention deficits, cognitive disturbances, lack of motivation, and negative mood all adversely affect scholastic development. It is often unclear what factors associated with school affect children's mental development and what preventive measures and interventions at school might be effective.
methodsThis review is based on systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and randomized and non-randomized controlled trials that were retrieved by a selective search in the PubMed, PsycInfo, and Google Scholar databases.
resultsThe prevalence of hyperkinetic disorder is 1-6%. Its main manifestations are motor hyperactivity, an attention deficit, and impulsive behavior. Learning disorders such as dyscalculia and dyslexia affect 4-6% of children each, while 4-5% of children and adolescents suffer from depression, which is twice as prevalent in girls as in boys. Mental health problems increase the risk of repeating a grade, truancy, and dropping out of school. The risk of developing an internalizing or externalizing mental health problem can be lessened by changes in the school environment and by the implementation of evidencebased school programs.
conclusionPhysicians, in collaboration with school social workers and psychologists, should help teachers recognize and contend with mental health problems among the children and adolescents whom they teach, to enable the timely detection of stress factors at school and the initiation of the necessary measures and aids. In particular, the school-entrance examination and screening for risk factors at school can make a positive contribution. Evidence-based preventive programs should be implemented in schools, and beneficial changes of the school environment should be a further goal.
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