Determining stakeholder priorities and core components for school-based identification of mental health difficulties: A Delphi study.

ABSTRACT: Only approximately half of children and young people (CYP) with mental health difficulties access mental health services in England, with under-identification of need as a contributing factor. Schools may be an ideal setting for identifying mental health difficulties in CYP, but uncertainty remains about the processes by which these needs can best be identified and addressed. In this study, we conducted a two-round, three-panel Delphi study with parents, school staff, mental health practitioners, and researchers to inform the development of a program to identify mental health difficulties in primary schools. We aimed to assess and build consensus regarding (a) the aims of such a program, (b) identification model preferences, (c) key features of the identification model, and (d) key feature

SUBMITTER: Soneson E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8891236 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature