title: International school mental health: global approaches, global challenges, and global opportunities.
abstract: School mental health programs from developed countries demonstrate that both the practice and research are becoming more important to policy makers, educators, health providers, parents, and other stakeholders. Some United Nations agencies and other international organizations have begun work to advance school mental health internationally. School-based mental health programming needs to be considered as part of usual child and youth mental health policies and plans, whether those are national or other jurisdictional in nature. Currently, a paucity of evidence-based and cost effective child and youth global mental health policies/programs exist, limiting school-based mental health programs being developed, implemented, or sustained.
authors.affiliation: IWK Health Centre, 5850 University Avenue, PO Box 9700, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3K 6R8. Yifeng.Wei@iwk.nshealth.ca
authors.forename: Yifeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Stan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kutcher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D014943:Global Health / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends