Effects of School-Based Mental Health Services on Youth Outcomes

Ezra Golberstein, Irina Zainullina, Aaron Sojourner and Mark A. Sander

Journal of Human Resources, 2024, vol. 59, issue S, s256-s281

Abstract: School-based mental health services (SBMH) may increase students’ access to care, which could yield benefits for mental health status and human capital-related outcomes. We use a difference-in-differences design with 19 years of survey and administrative data to estimate the impacts of SBMH on a range of K–12 student outcomes. SBMH increases average outpatient mental health service use and reduces self-reported suicide attempts. There is weaker evidence that SBMH reduces suspensions and juvenile justice involvement and no evidence that SBMH affects average attendance, standardized test scores, or self-reported substance use.

JEL-codes: I10 I21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
Note: DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1222-12703R2
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