CDC’s Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) recently released the 2014 School Health Policies and Practices Study (SHPPS) results on the DASH Healthy Youth website. SHPPS is a national study conducted periodically to assess school health policies and practices at the state, district, school, and classroom levels. This release is a comprehensive report that […]
INTERVENTION SETTING
Signs of Suicide Shows Promise as a Middle School Suicide Prevention Program
A study to evaluate the effects of the Signs of Suicide (SOS) program in middle schools found that, three months after completing the program, children who participated in SOS were significantly more knowledgeable about suicide and depression than children who had not participated in the program. Children who reported suicidal ideation prior to participating in […]
Evidence for the Effectiveness of a National School-Based Mental Health Program in Chile
A national school-based mental health program that is now reaching almost one quarter of all elementary school students in Chile appears to have produced significant improvements in both behavioral and academic outcomes, such as attention problems and school attendance, among participating students. The results of a study by a team of Chilean and U.S. investigators […]
Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls
The National Crittenton Foundation, in partnership with the National Women’s Law Center, has released “Gender Injustice: System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms for Girls.” The report presents research and data showing that, in the last two decades, girls’ presence in the juvenile justice system has increased at all stages of the process. Key findings include the following: […]
Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Services Among Detained Youth
This bulletin is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Beyond Detention series, which examines the findings of the Northwestern Juvenile Project—a large-scale longitudinal study of youth detained at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Chicago, IL. The authors examined youth’s perceptions of barriers to mental health services, focusing on youth […]
Serving Veterans: A Resource Guide
The SAMHSA-HRSA Center for Integrated Health Solutions released an updated guide that features an array of resources to support health care providers in serving veterans, service members and their families. The second portion of the guide features resources that can be shared directly with veterans and family members so they can learn how to access an array […]