Current Status and Insights on Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health Services: A literature Review Based on 12 Countries’ Experience

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2025.02.011

Abstract

Abstract:

Children and adolescents’ mental health has become a global challenge in recent years. The development of children and adolescents’ mental health services in China started relatively late and there is a need to draw on international advanced experience. Through literature review, this study comprehensively combed through the current status of children and adolescents’ mental health services in 12 countries including but not limited to the United States of America, Finland, and Singapore, from three perspectives: the management mechanism of mental health services, the system of school mental health services, and the digital empowerment of school mental health services. Subsequently, this study put forward a set of recommendations including strengthening the policy system guarantees and management mechanisms for mental health services, building an evidence-based mental health service system centered on serving all students, and accelerating the exploration of multiple pathways for digitally empowering mental health services.

Key words: children and adolescents, mental health service, school mental health service

摘要：

近年来，儿童青少年心理健康问题已成为全球性挑战。我国在儿童青少年心理健康服务领域起步较晚，尚需借鉴国际先进经验。本研究采用文献分析法，从心理健康服务管理机制、学校心理健康服务体系和数字化赋能学校心理健康服务三个角度全面梳理美国、芬兰等12国儿童青少年心理健康服务现状，并提出夯实心理健康服务政策制度保障和管理机制、建构以服务全体学生为中心的循证心理健康服务体系、加速对数字化赋能心理健康服务的多路径探索等建议。

关键词: 儿童青少年, 心理健康服务, 学校心理健康服务

Yongli WANG, Panpan ZENG, Yuhua LI. Current Status and Insights on Children and Adolescents’ Mental Health Services: A literature Review Based on 12 Countries’ Experience[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2025, 23(2): 226-232.

王永丽, 曾盼盼, 李玉华. 面向儿童青少年的心理健康服务现状和启示—基于对美国、芬兰等12国经验的文献分析[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2025, 23(2): 226-232.

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