Addressing Trauma and Other Barriers to Learning and Teaching: Developing a Comprehensive System of Intervention

2012 ◽  
pp. 265-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard s. Adelman ◽  
Linda Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Systemic Approach ◽  
Comprehensive System ◽  
Learning Behavior ◽  
Barriers To Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching

This chapter clarifies why efforts to address problems related to trauma in schools need to go well beyond just enhancing availability and access to individual, clinically-oriented mental health services. From this perspective, we emphasize that trauma and all other student learning, behavior, and emotional problems can and should be approached within the context of a comprehensive system of intervention within schools and school districts. Specifically highlighted are the nature and scope of a unifying and comprehensive systemic approach and the mechanisms needed to develop and sustain it.

scholarly journals Lived Experience, Transparency, Help, and Humility: Four Characteristics of Clergy Responding to Mental and Emotional Problems

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-11
Author(s):  
Krystal Hays ◽  
Jennifer Shepard Payne
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
The Individual

Many individuals who experience mental and emotional problems prefer support from clergy instead of formal mental health services. Because clergy are often sought out by those with mental illnesses, it is essential to understand their perspectives about mental and emotional problems and identify the individual characteristics that influence these perspectives. This study utilized qualitative data from a conversation among pastors in an online social networking group to examine the characteristics of clergy who held affirming attitudes toward professional mental health services. Thirty-five pastors participated in the discussion, generating more than 140 comments over 13 days in response to the question: “If the church is where we are to come for healing, how do we handle people who are depressed, suicidal, suffering from PTSD or anxiety?” Thematic analysis was conducted, and results suggest four characteristics common among clergy: personal experiences with mental and emotional problems, transparency in sharing their stories, personal help-seeking, and humility. These four characteristics may influence clergy members’ present-day understanding and responses to mental and emotional problems. Implications for spiritual care professionals and mental health professionals are presented.

scholarly journals Suicide and the reluctance of young men to use mental health services

2007 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-70 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shane Burke ◽  
Patrick McKeon
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Binge Drinking ◽  
Emotional Problems ◽  
Young Men ◽  
A Priority

AbstractYoung men are grossly over represented in Irish suicide statistics, yet this group is the least likely to use mental health services. This paper outlines why young men are reluctant to access mental health services, framing the problem in the context of risk factors for suicide such as binge drinking and social change. The paper argues that de-stigmatising mental illness and encouraging young men to seek help for emotional problems should be a priority for policymakers.

Hotlines and Mental Health Services

Crisis ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-5
Author(s):  
Mary Frances Seeley
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services
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