The impact of school-based screening on service use in adolescents at risk for mental health problems and risk-behaviour.

ABSTRACT: Early detection and intervention can counteract mental disorders and risk behaviours among adolescents. However, help-seeking rates are low. School-based screenings are a promising tool to detect adolescents at risk for mental problems and to improve help-seeking behaviour. We assessed associations between the intervention "Screening by Professionals" (ProfScreen) and the use of mental health services and at-risk state at 12 month follow-up compared to a control group. School students (aged 15 ± 0.9 years) from 11 European countries participating in the "Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe" (SEYLE) study completed a self-report questionnaire on mental health problems and risk behaviours. ProfScreen students considered "at-risk" for mental illness or risk behaviour based on the scre

SUBMITTER: Lustig S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10460322 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature