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Early intervention and identification strategies for young people at risk of developing mental health issues : working in partnership with schools in Birmingham, UK
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Palmer, Colin J., Connor, Charlotte, Newton, Benjamin John, Patterson, Paul and Birchwood, M. J. (2015) Early intervention and identification strategies for young people at risk of developing mental health issues : working in partnership with schools in Birmingham, UK. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 11 (6). pp. 471-479. doi:10.1111/eip.12264 ISSN 1751-7885.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12264
Abstract
Aim
This study explores the mental health needs of teachers and how these might impact on their capacity to provide early identification and intervention strategies to support their student's emotional well‐being.
Method
The present study surveyed a sample of UK teachers (N = 320) to explore the impact of work‐related stress on their mental health and their ability to provide early intervention support for their students.
Results
Our survey showed high levels of work‐related stress due to time pressures and excessive workloads; many teachers failed to seek help for their stress often due to stigmatic attitudes and fear of negative response by senior management. Such factors led some to withdraw from taking on extra responsibilities with regard to student support and to consider leaving the teaching profession altogether. Coping mechanisms included the use of alcohol and tobacco, with only a small minority receiving access to psychological therapies.
Conclusion
High levels of work‐related stress in teachers can have serious consequences for their mental health and impede their ability to provide effective early intervention support for their student's emotional well‐being. Improvements in mental health training for teachers and greater assistance for their own mental health needs are necessary.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | School children -- Mental health services -- England -- Birmingham, School mental health services -- England -- Birmingham, Child mental health services -- England -- Birmingham, Youth -- Mental health services -- England -- Birmingham, Teachers -- Mental health -- England -- Birmingham, Teachers -- Job stress -- England -- Birmingham | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Early Intervention in Psychiatry | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1751-7885 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 16 November 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 11 | ||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 471-479 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/eip.12264 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): | ** From Crossref via Jisc Publications Router. ** Licence for vor version of this article starting on 21-08-2015: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 April 2018 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 9 April 2018 |
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