Psychiatr News February 2, 2007
Volume 42, Number 3, page 13
© 2007 American Psychiatric Association
School Staff Learn Mental Illness Signs
Tara Burkholder Saunders
Tara Burkholder Saunders is the manager of marketing communications for
the American Psychiatric Foundation.
Through an American Psychiatric Foundation program, school personnel are
learning to recognize mental health problems in students and to take steps to
ensure that they get professional care.
Teachers and other school personnel across the nation are participating in
the program "Typical or Troubled? School Mental Health Education,"
which was developed and piloted by the American Psychiatric Foundation in
2004.
The program is designed to encourage and equip teachers, coaches, and other
school personnel who work with teenagers to notice the warning signs of mental
health problems and refer students for help.
Seventeen nonprofit organizations, schools, and school districts are
implementing the program in 73 high schools. The foundation awarded small
grants to 16 of the sites to defer the cost of implementation.
"We are very pleased to offer this outstanding educational program to
these school communities," said Altha Stewart, M.D., president of the
American Psychiatric Foundation. "By training school personnel about the
signs and symptoms of mental illnesses, we can encourage early recognition and
help young people obtain appropriate care."
The American Psychiatric Foundation is the philanthropic and educational
arm of APA. The foundation's mission is to advance public understanding that
mental illnesses are real and can be effectively treated.
More information about this program and the foundation is posted at
<www.psychfoundation.org>.
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