Missing the Context Social Inequalities and School-Based Mental Health Interventions

Duration: 17 mins Publication Date: 18 Mar 2024 Next Review Date: 18 Mar 2027 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.26254

Description

In this Papers Podcast, Dr. Karen Mansfield discusses her JCPP Advances Editorial Perspective ‘Missing the context: The challenge of social inequalities to school‐based mental health interventions’.

Learning Objectives

1. The link between social economic adversity and children’s mental health.
2. Scepticism around the impact and effectiveness of school-based intervention programmes.
3. Potential issues of a ‘one size fits all’ approach and a ‘selective approach’.
4. What to consider when designing interventions that both improve wellbeing and reduce inequalities.
5. The challenges around measuring effectiveness.
6. Potential policy shifts to consider and practical ways to improve children’s wellbeing in schools.