Violence and Health

Making It Easier for School Staff to Help Traumatized Students

Promising results emerged from a small pilot test of the Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (SSET) intervention that teachers and counselors can deliver to help traumatized students. SSET is an adaptation of the Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS), which is delivered by school mental health clinicians such as social workers and psychologists.

• Research Brief

Invisible Wounds: Mental Health and Cognitive Care Needs of America’s Returning Veterans

Approximately 18.5 percent of U.S. servicemembers who have returned from Afghanistan and Iraq currently have posttraumatic stress disorder or depression, and 19.5 percent report experiencing a traumatic brain injury during deployment. This brief summarizes a comprehensive RAND study of the mental health and cognitive needs of these servicemembers.

• Research Brief

How Schools Responded to Student Mental Health Needs Following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

This fact sheet summarizes a study that examined how schools in the U.S. Gulf Coast region perceived the mental health needs of students after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and how schools responded.

• Research Brief

Curbing Teen Dating Violence: Evidence from a School Prevention Program

For participating Latino students in inner-city public high schools, Break the Cycle’s dating-violence prevention program created long-term improvement in their knowledge of dating violence, reduced tolerance for such behavior, and improved their perceptions about getting help.

• Research Brief

How Schools Can Help Children Recover from Traumatic Experiences

This fact sheet summarizes a program guide, or tool kit, that describes a variety of school-based mental health programs for students exposed to trauma, such as Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, and community or personal violence.

• Research Brief