Browne Graeme, Cashin Andrew, Graham Iain
Health and Well-being Research Cluster, School of Health and Human Service, Southern Cross University, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.
J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs. 2012 Feb;25(1):17-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2011.00306.x. Epub 2011 Oct 17.
This review of the literature addresses Australian school mental health nursing is an emergent field of practice.
Children with behavioral/mental health disorders present challenges to schools, teachers, and their families. They can be disruptive in class, inappropriate with their peers, and perform poorly academically. Often this group of children do not respond to the school's usual strategies to support appropriate behavior. When children with behavioral/mental health disorders do not receive specialized support based on their problems and needs, their problems can escalate over time and in adolescence their behavior may become more challenging, with increased aggression, substance use, contact with the criminal justice system, and school failure with or without dropout.
Mental health nurses, working as case managers, could be effective in the support of children with behavioral/mental health disorders in schools. Mental health nurses, because of their professional education and clinical practice, work not only with the individual child but also with family members. They are well prepared to case manage in schools and support individual teachers and health and welfare services in their management of their clients with behavioral/mental health disorders.
本文献综述探讨了澳大利亚学校心理健康护理这一新兴的实践领域。
患有行为/心理健康障碍的儿童给学校、教师及其家庭带来了挑战。他们可能在课堂上捣乱、与同龄人相处不当且学业成绩不佳。通常，这类儿童对学校支持适当行为的常规策略没有反应。当患有行为/心理健康障碍的儿童没有根据其问题和需求获得专门支持时，他们的问题可能会随着时间的推移而升级，在青春期，他们的行为可能会变得更具挑战性，攻击性增加、使用毒品、与刑事司法系统接触，无论是否辍学都会导致学业失败。
作为个案管理者的心理健康护士，在支持学校中患有行为/心理健康障碍的儿童方面可能会很有效。心理健康护士由于其专业教育和临床实践，不仅与儿童个体合作，还与家庭成员合作。他们做好了在学校进行个案管理的充分准备，并在患有行为/心理健康障碍的客户管理方面支持个别教师以及健康和福利服务机构。
