The Role of Schools in Early Adolescents’ Mental Health: Findings From the MYRIAD Study

The Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Authors: Dr. Laura Taylor

Tamsin Ford, Michelle Degli Espoti, Catherine Crane, Laura Taylor, Jesús Montero-Marín, Sarah-Jayne Blakemore et al. 

Recent studies suggest deteriorating youth mental health. The current UK policy emphasises the role of schools for mental health promotion and prevention, but little data exist on what aspects of schools explain pupils’ mental health. We explored school-level influences on the mental health of young people in a large school-based sample from the UK…

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