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November 2005
 School Mental Health Services in the United
States, 2002-2005
Topics explored in this survey report include types of mental health
problems encountered in school settings; types of mental health
services that schools are delivering; numbers and qualifications of
school staff providing mental health services; types of arrangements
for delivering mental health services in schools, including
collaboration with community-based providers; and major sources of
funding for school mental health services.
Findings include:
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Virtually all schools reported having at least one staff member
whose responsibilities included providing mental health services
to students
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The most common types of school mental health providers were
school counselors, followed by nurses, school psychologists, and
social workers. School nurses spent approximately a third of their
time providing mental health services
The report provides the first national survey of mental health
services in a representative sample of the approximately 83,000
public elementary, middle, and high schools and their associated
school districts in the United States. 
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