PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Golberstein, Ezra
AU  - Zainullina, Irina
AU  - Sojourner, Aaron
AU  - Sander, Mark A.
TI  - Effects of School-Based Mental Health Services on Youth Outcomes
AID  - 10.3368/jhr.1222-12703R2
DP  - 2024 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Human Resources
PG  - S256--S281
VI  - 59
IP  - S
4099  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/S/S256.short
4100  - http://jhr.uwpress.org/content/59/S/S256.full
AB  - 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.