Effects of School-Based Mental Health Services on Youth Outcomes
利用19年调查和行政数据，采用双重差分法评估学校心理健康服务对K-12学生的影响，发现其增加了门诊服务使用并减少了自杀企图，但对出勤率、考试成绩等影响不显著。
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. This paper uses 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.