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Professor, Department of Educational Administration and Foundation, College of Education, Texas Southern University, 3100 Cleburne, Houston, TX, 77004, USA.
J Sch Health. 2021 Jan;91(1):70-76. doi: 10.1111/josh.12976. Epub 2020 Nov 8.
Mental health services in the United States public schools are an important component of the academic success of a student. Not all schools, however, have the necessary personnel and funding to offer such services.
In this paper, we provide an analysis of data collected from schools in 3 geographic locations. Comparisons were made of the availability of personnel to assess and treat mental health disorders in students enrolled in city, urban, and suburban schools, with over 10,000 schools represented. The data were part of the 2015 to 2016 School Survey on Crime and Safety.
Accessibility of mental health practitioners and reasons that limited efforts of a school to provide the services were assessed. Statistically significant differences were identified by school location, demonstrating that those in rural communities were most challenged providing diagnostic assessment and treatment for students by school mental health professionals, for several reasons.
Increased state and county funding to support mental health practitioners in public high schools is one suggestion to address mental health disorders in students. Other strategies are offered for timely and appropriate diagnoses and treatment for mental health disorders that may impact the quality of life of a student for a lifetime.
美国公立学校的心理健康服务是学生学业成功的重要组成部分。然而，并非所有学校都有必要的人员和资金来提供此类服务。
在本文中，我们对从 3 个地理位置的学校收集的数据进行了分析。比较了城市、城区和郊区学校的学生心理健康障碍评估和治疗人员的可用性，涉及超过 10000 所学校。这些数据是 2015 年至 2016 年学校犯罪和安全调查的一部分。
评估了心理健康从业者的可及性以及限制学校提供服务的原因。通过学校位置确定了具有统计学意义的差异，表明农村社区在为学生提供诊断评估和治疗方面面临最大的挑战，原因有几个。
增加州和县的资金以支持公立高中的心理健康从业者是解决学生心理健康障碍的一个建议。还提供了其他策略，以实现对心理健康障碍的及时和适当诊断和治疗，这些障碍可能会影响学生的一生生活质量。
