Scoping review: potential harm from school-based group mental health interventions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A growing body of evidence demonstrates that school-based mental health interventions may be potentially harmful. We define potential harm as any negative outcome or adverse event that could plausibly be linked to an intervention. In this scoping review, we examine three areas: the types of potential harms and adverse events reported in school-based mental health interventions; the subgroups of children and adolescents at heightened risk; and the proposed explanations for these potential harms.

Methods

We searched eight databases (1960-2023), performed an author search and hand-searched for published and unpublished studies that evaluated controlled trials of school-based group mental health interventions based on cognitive-behavioural therapy and/or mindfulness t

SUBMITTER: Guzman-Holst C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12351197 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature