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Mental Health Interventions among Adolescents in India : A Scoping Review

Mehra, Devika LU ; Lakiang, Theophilus ; Kathuria, Nishtha ; Kumar, Manish ; Mehra, Sunil and Sharma, Shantanu LU (2022) In Healthcare 10(2).
Abstract

Early adolescence is the period of the emergence of most mental disorders contributing significantly to the mental health burden globally, including India. The major challenges in India are early identification of mental health problems, treatment gap, lack of professionals, and interventions that address the same. Our review aimed to assess the effectiveness of mental health interventions among adolescents in India. We systematically searched PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cochrane databases and used cross-referencing to review the interventions published from 2010 to 2020. Eleven interventions were included in this review; nine were school-based, one community, and one digital. Most of the school-based programs used a life skills curriculum.... (More)

Early adolescence is the period of the emergence of most mental disorders contributing significantly to the mental health burden globally, including India. The major challenges in India are early identification of mental health problems, treatment gap, lack of professionals, and interventions that address the same. Our review aimed to assess the effectiveness of mental health interventions among adolescents in India. We systematically searched PubMed, PsycINFO, and Cochrane databases and used cross-referencing to review the interventions published from 2010 to 2020. Eleven interventions were included in this review; nine were school-based, one community, and one digital. Most of the school-based programs used a life skills curriculum. Additionally, coping skills and resilience curricula showed improvement in depressive symptoms, cognitive abilities, academic stress, problem-solving, and overall mental well-being. The multi-component whole-school intervention was quite promising and helped in improving the overall school climate and various other mental health outcomes. Hence, school-based programs should be implemented as an entry point for screening mental health problems. However, there is a need for a more comprehensive mental health program in the country for adolescents. Additionally, there is a need to address the gap by conducting more interventions for early and out-of-school adolescents.

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Adolescents, Interventions, Mental health, Programs, School health, Scoping review
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Healthcare
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10
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2
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337
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MDPI AG
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2227-9032
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10.3390/healthcare10020337
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  author       = {{Mehra, Devika and Lakiang, Theophilus and Kathuria, Nishtha and Kumar, Manish and Mehra, Sunil and Sharma, Shantanu}},
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