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ArticleAdministration and policy in mental health2025

Teacher-Delivered Mental Health Interventions: Promises, Challenges, and Recommendations for Future Directions.

Gwendolyn M Lawson, Andrew Orapallo, Golda S Ginsburg, Avery Brewton, Courtney N Baker, Gazi Azad

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Article in Administration and policy in mental health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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6 authors.

Gwendolyn M LawsonDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. lawsong@chop.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-4363-3169
Andrew OrapalloDepartment of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2257-9100
Golda S GinsburgDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5172-2079
Avery BrewtonCoalition for Compassionate Schools, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Courtney N BakerDepartment of Psychology, Coalition for Compassionate Schools, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9523-1036
Gazi AzadHeilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0395-4355

Funding

Targeted circuit modulation to delineate the causal role of oscillatory interactions in top-down networks of cognitive controlR01MH122477 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI FROHLICH, FLAVIO · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Implementation strategies for caregiver and teacher use of behavioral interventions with ADHD: A pilot studyR34MH132718 · NIMH · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI Gwendolyn Lawson · 2024 to 2026
$812k
Promoting Implementation of Behavioral Classroom Interventions for Children with ADHD in Urban SchoolsK23MH122577 · NIMH · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI LAWSON, GWENDOLYN · 2020 to 2023
$685k
Diversifying the Autism Research Workforce ConferenceR13HD117638 · NICHD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI AZAD, GAZI FERDOUSI, BRODER-FINGERT, SARABETH · 2025 to 2025
$20k
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R13HD117638Institute of Education Sciences R324A170071National Institute of Justice 2015-CK-BX-0020NICHD NIH HHS R13 HD117638NIMH NIH HHS K23MH122477NIMH NIH HHS K23 MH122577NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH122477NIMH NIH HHS R34 MH132718
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Abstract

Schools are a key setting where services to support youth mental health can occur, and teachers are important for students' social, emotional and behavioral well-being. Teacher-delivered mental health prevention and intervention programs offer an opportunity to integrate mental health support meaningfully into students' everyday lives, as well as expand the reach and impact of mental health services. This is particularly important given the lack of highly trained mental health providers and the barriers to accessing clinical services. However, teachers are not trained as mental health providers and serve a primarily educational mission, and therefore, there are unique considerations for conceptualizing teachers as individuals who can deliver mental health prevention and intervention programs. The purpose of this paper is to delineate conceptual and practical issues related to utilizing teachers as non-traditional mental health providers including key opportunities and challenges to teacher-delivered mental health interventions. We present four examples of teacher-delivered programs that aim to support student mental health and well-being and use these example programs to illustrate these key opportunities and challenges. We also outline directions for future research, with the ultimate goal of enhancing teachers' skills and improving youth mental health.

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Mental DisordersMental Health ServicesSchool Health ServicesSchool Mental Health ServicesSchool TeachersAdolescentChildHumansMultitiered systems of supportPreventionSchool mental healthTeachers

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PMID40875154
PMCPMC12571018

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