Moving Upstream: Opportunities in School Mental Health
Five opportunities fundamental to leveraging this unparalleled moment in school mental health to promote mental health and well-being for all youth.
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Moving Upstream: Opportunities in School Mental Health
Five opportunities fundamental to leveraging this unparalleled moment in school mental health to promote mental health and well-being for all youth.
Schools are struggling to meet rising mental health needs, data shows
Ask most teachers or principals about the mental health of their students this year, and they will tell you stories of how much worse things are than normal: More fights in the hallway. Students unable to focus in class. Depression and sadness.
Advocates fear suspensions could add to pandemic pain for vulnerable students
Ask most teachers or principals about the mental health of their students this year, and they will tell you stories of how much worse things are than normal: More fights in the hallway. Students unable to focus in class. Depression and sadness.
The Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District will participate in the pilot program of a new drug intervention curriculum that de-emphasizes punishment for drug use, and focuses on dealing with the underlying reasons youth may be using drugs.
Our Children are Suffering, We Must Help Them
In the past few months, my patients and I were just starting to interact again in person. This laid bare the damage caused by Covid, as their emotional pain seemed all the more poignant in three dimensions as opposed to on Zoom. This reality was recently highlighted in a surgeon general’s advisory about pediatric mental health and emergency declarations by the two major medical organizations that oversee the care of children.
Suspended students more likely to get caught up in juvenile justice system, and vice versa
Researchers found that for every suspension a student faces, they are 7% more likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system. Once those students return to school, they are 20% more likely to be suspended.
State AGs open investigation into Instagram's effect on teens
Officials want to know if Instagram is hurting its youngest users.
FCC Approves Texting to 988 to Contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255) text message line, 988 three-digit dialing code, will take effect by July 16, 2022.
If you're struggling and need someone to listen, please, call 1-800-273-8255 (TALK).
Advisory: Prescription Stimulant Misuse Among Youth and Young Adults
This Advisory reviews the evidence on prescription stimulant misuse among youth and young adults. It establishes prescription stimulant misuse as a public health problem, identifies associated risk and protective factors, and provides programs and action steps for stakeholders to prevent misuse.
As school activity shut down amid COVID, 911 drug calls for youth skyrocketed
As teenagers lost structure amid online schooling and the cancellation of activities, the number of 911 calls involving the young and drugs rose dramatically, records show.
Drug overdose deaths hit highest number ever recorded, CDC data shows
Drug overdose deaths rose by close to 30% in the United States in 2020, hitting the highest number ever recorded, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Wednesday.
Supporting our Educators: Sharing Struggles and Solutions
Dr. Stuart Ablon, iDECIDE Advisory Board member and Director of Think:Kids, a program at Massachusetts General Hospital's Department of Psychiatry, convened educators and administrators to discuss the growing concern around and potential solutions to children's post-pandemic challenging behaviors and lagging skills in school.
Citation: Iroegbulem, V.,* Deming, B.,* Gray, C., Maximus, D., Shanker, V., Liu, J., Ekanayake, E., Pachas, G.N., Lynch, S., Turncliff, A., Whittaker, J., & Schuster, R.M. (2022 November 6-9). Evaluating a Novel Drug Education and Diversion Program: Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice [Poster]. Poster presented at the annual meeting and expo of the American Public Health Association.
Citation: Gray CA, Iroegbulem V, Deming B, Butler R, Howell D, Pascale MP, Bodolay A, Potter K, Turncliff A, Lynch S, Whittaker J, Ward J, Maximus D, Pachas GN and Schuster RM (2023). A pragmatic clinical effectiveness trial of a novel alternative to punishment for school-based substance use infractions: study protocol for the iDECIDE curriculum. Front. Public Health 11:1203558. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1203558
Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, Third Edition
Citation: Forchelli G., Pollastri A., Schuster R.M., Gray C., Baldi O., Colvin M.K. School collaboration and consultation. In: Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry, Third Edition. Amsterdam (Netherlands): Elsevier Academic Press. In Press.
Citation: Liu, J., Butler, R., Turncliff, A., Gray, C., Lynch, S., Whittaker, J., Iroegbulem, V., Howell, D., & Schuster, R. M. (2023). An urgent need for school-based diversion programs for adolescent substance use: a statewide survey of school personnel. Journal of Adolescent Health. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2023.04.00
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