TOPIC: Mental Health in Schools in Other Countries

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Global / International Organizations

• The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress
• International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools (INTERCAMHS)
• International Network for School Social Work
• International School Psychology Association
• Mental Health Promotion of Adolescents and Young People Directory of Projects in Europe
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• Mental Health Promotion: Case Studies from Countries

Country Specific

Australia
• Australian Health Promoting Schools Association
• Beyond Blue: the National Depression Initiative
• Bullying behaviour and psychosocial health among school students in New South Wales, Australia: cross sectional survey
• Bullying in Schools and What to do About It
• Friends Preventing and Treating Anxiety In Children and Youth
• GateHouse Project - Promoting Education Well-Being in Schools
• Guest Editorial School mental health promotion research: Pushing the boundaries of research paradigms
• Kids Help Line
• Mental Health Council of Australia - Fact Sheets
• Mental Health Foundation of Australia (Victoria)
• Mind Matters
• Protective Behaviours Program
• Resourceful Adolescent Program
• VicHealth - Mental Health and Wellbeing Programs

Canada
• Center for Addiction & Mental Health
• Mental Health Support Group of Canada
• Canadian Counselling Association
• Mental Health Web site at the Public Health Agency of Canada
• Mental Health and High School project by the Canadian Mental Health Association
• The Provincial Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health

China
• Factors Predicting Rural Chinese Adolescents' Anxieties, Fears and Depression
• Fears and Related Anxieties in Chinese High School Students

Denmark
• Mental Health Among Children Seeking Asylum in Denmark - The Effect of Length of Stay and Number of Relocations: A cross-sectional study

Egypt
• Parenting Style, Individuation, and Mental Health of Egyptian

Finland
• Pirkanmaa Mental Health - The Koulumiete Project

France
• Mental disorders in children: the value of epidemiology

Germany
• German MH Response After Tragedy Differs From Typical U.S. Approach

Greece
• Bullying In Greek Primary and Secondary Schools
• Incidence and Teacher's Perceived Causation of Depression in Primary School Children in Greece
• Social and Psychological Characteristics of Greek Secondary School Students with Different Learning Difficulties

India
• Gender, sexual abuse and risk behaviours in adolescents: a cross-sectional survey in schools in Goa, India

Ireland
• IrishHealth.com - Mental Health
• Mental health promotion. A database of initiatives in Northern Ireland
• Primary Curriculum Support Programme
• Mental Health Ireland
• Scoilnet: Portal for Irish Education - Special Needs
• Social, Personal & Health Education

Israel
• Staying Normal in an Abnormal Corner of the World: Mental Health Counseling in Israel.
• Stress responses and adaptation of Israel school-age children evacuated from homes during massive missile attacks.

Italy
• Italian School Psychology as Perceived by Italian School Psychologists

Korea
• Peer Relationships, Social Behaviors, Academic Performance and Loneliness in Korean Primary School Children

Libya
• Libyan Children's Views on the Importance of School Factors Which Contibuted to Thier Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

New Zealand
• Headspace
• HealthEd
• Injury Prevention Research Centre
• Bullying and mental health status in New Zealand adolescents
• Mental Health in New Zealand from a Public Health Perspective
• Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand
• Mental Health Promotion National Strategy
• MindNet - Mental Health Promotion and Prevention Newsletter
• Ministry of Education
• National Distigmitization of Mental Illness Campaign
• National Promotion Schools Website
• No Bully
• Taranaki Youth Site
• Urge/Whakamanawa is a youth (health) and information service
• Youth Suicide Prevention Information New Zealand

Norway
• Outcomes of the Social Competence Program Second Step in Norwegian Elementary Schools

Palestinian Health Information Center
• School Health Report

Russia
• Current Situation in Mental Health Care for Children
• Russia Child Mental Health: A Cross-sectional Study of Prevalence and Risk Factors
• School Adjustment and Health in Russian Adolescents

South Africa
• Child Mental Health Services in the New South Africa
• School Violence and Adolescent Mental Health in South Africa: Implications for School Health Programs

Spain
• Foro de Violencia Escolar
• Grupo de Investigación en Educación Intercultural
• Grupo de Investigación en Resolucion de Conflictos
• No violencia
• Organización Internacional del Trabajo
• Universitat Oberta de Cataluña
• Violencia Escolar

Sweden
• Schoolchildren's Health As Judged by Swedish School Nurses-A National Survey
• Social and Emotional Training in Swedish Schools for the Promotion of Mental Health: An effectiveness study of 5 years of intervention

U.K.

• Center for Evidence-based Mental Health
• CounsellingResource.com
• The Development of Adolescent Pupils’ Knowledge About and Attitudes Towards Mental Health Difficulties
• Extended Schools - Theory, Practice and Issues
• Hands On Scotland
• Health Promoting Schools
• Mental Health in Education
• National Institute for Mental Health in England
• TeacherNet - Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
• Younger Pupils' Mental Health Risk

Multi-Lingual Resource Material

• American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)
• American Psychological Association Help Center
• Canadian Mental Health Association
• Families and Advocates Partnership for Education
• Parent tips for helping children handle tragic events
• Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights
• Transcultural Mental Health Centre

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