How can the education sector support children's mental health? Views of Australian healthcare clinicians

Policy makers in developed countries have long considered the education system an avenue for supporting mental health care for children. Whilst educators have identified many challenges to providing this support (e.g. non-core role, stigma, overcrowded curriculum), understanding clinicians’ views on the role of educators and schools and how clinicians and schools could work together to achieve good mental health outcomes are important questions. However, clinician voices in how schools and health should work together for children’s mental health care are frequently missing from the debate. We aimed to report clinicians’ views about how the education system could support student’s mental health and improve access to mental health care for children and adolescents. ; Kate Paton, Lynn Gillam, Hayley Warren, Melissa MulraneyID, David Coghill, Daryl Efron, Michael Sawyer, Harriet Hiscock