Probably you think about students who have psychological problems, about what services they need, and how schools don’t provide enough of such services. This is not surprising given the widespread tendency for the term mental health to be thought of as referring to mental disorders/illness and for relevant interventions to be seen as services (e.g., counseling/therapy).

As a result, many well-intentioned initiatives and policy reports have focused on expanding mental health services in schools. Bluntly stated, however, advocacy for more mental health services in schools often detracts from encouraging policy makers from facing up to what is needed in meeting the many mental health concerns confronting school staff, students, and their families.

Access at:   http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu/pdfdocs/nhinschools.pdf