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The challenge of meeting children's mental health needs

  • Heather Membride
  • , Jacqueline McFadyen
  • , John Atkinson

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    Abstract

    Ensuring the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people should be a key public health priority. However, unless school nurses are adequately educated, trained and supported, they will be unable to develop the necessary skills required to contribute to improved outcomes for children and young people with mental health and wellbeing issues.

    This article discusses the results of unpublished research, carried out by the authors in 2009, examining the range of mental health issues school nurses in one Scottish NHS health board encounter in their day-to-day activities and whether they are adequately trained and supported to meet the mental health needs of these children and young people.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)19-25
    Number of pages7
    JournalBritish Journal of School Nursing
    Volume10
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • Mental health
    • children
    • young people
    • parents
    • interventions
    • assessment

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