The life stage of childhood and adolescence is an important period that effects on establishment of adult role and vulnerability period that occurs in mental disorders. We review the school-based mental health project for adolescent in Australia.
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The life stage of childhood and adolescence is an important period that effects on establishment of adult role and vulnerability period that occurs in mental disorders. We review the school-based mental health project for adolescent in Australia.
Mindmatters is a national school-based mental health initiative for secondary school students. Mindmatters uses a whole school approach to mental health promotion, based on the principles of the World Health Organization(WHO), Global School Health Initiative and the Australian National Health Promoting Schools framework. It is compiled school ethos and environment, curriculum, partnership and service. It includes Mindmatters to provide framework for mental health promotion and suicide prevention, Mindmatters Plus for high support need students, Mindmatters Plus GP that aims to make ongoing referral pathway, Familymatters to involve family and parents, Response Ability that aims to mental health promotion and suicide prevention for university's students.
It is comprehensive and continuous intervention that covers from universal to targeted students with high support needs and refer to mental health service. In implemented system, it is involved education, health, schools, students, parents, teachers and other various workforce and whole system through partnership between health and education sectors.