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Prevention and Intervention in School Settings

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Facilitating Pathways

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The best place to develop, promote, and intervene to ameliorate child and adolescent mental health problems is the school setting. The following reasons pertain to the importance of the school setting as a venue for care: (1) most children attend school at some time during their lives; (2) schools are often the strongest social and educational institutions available for intervention; (3) schools have a profound influence on children, their families, and the community; (4) schools can act as a safety net, protecting children from hazards that affect their learning, development and psychosocial well being. Schools, in addition to family, may be crucial in building the self esteem and sense of competence of children. On the other hand, the school environment, by its very nature, can cause stresses on children, for example, stress due to examinations, low self esteem in case of failure, and depression in case of bullying (Mohit and Seif El-Din 1998). Lastly, schools are particularly important as a central point of community life, which also can be a factor in supporting positive mental health.

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  1. Dept. of Community Medicine Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, 36 Moustafa Fahmi Street, Gleem, Alexandria, Egypt

    Amira Seif El Din PhD (Prof.)

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  1. Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und -psychotherapie, Klinikum der Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Sachs-Str. 4 und 6, 35033, Marburg, Germany

    Helmut Remschmidt

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    Myron L. Belfer MD, MPH

  3. Douglas House Developmental Psychiatry, Cambridge University, 18b Trumpington Road, Cambridge, CB2 2AH, UK

    Ian Goodyer MD

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El Din, A.S. (2004). Prevention and Intervention in School Settings. In: Remschmidt, H., Belfer, M.L., Goodyer, I. (eds) Facilitating Pathways. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18611-0_24

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