This systematic review examines the effectiveness of interaction-based interventions in schools and communities to improve mental health in children and adolescents. The study focuses on interventions that involve supportive interactions among peers, teachers, families, and professionals. Out of 384 studies, 11 were selected for review, showing that these interventions led to reduced symptoms of mental disorders, such as anxiety and depression, and improved social skills and personal well-being. The review highlights the importance of collective interactions and suggests that further research is needed to better understand the impact of these interventions.  This will help further explain in my project that schools addressing mental health plays a large part in in helping end the stigma.

This study investigates how children and youth (ages 10–25) perceive and conceptualize mental health, recognizing the complexity of understanding mental health issues versus everyday challenges. The literature review, based on 11 studies, emphasizes the need for a shared language to clarify these distinctions, particularly among children, parents, and professionals. The findings highlight the importance of promoting mental well-being and integrating these insights into educational systems. Additionally, the study acknowledges that age, gender, and socioeconomic status influence youths' understanding of mental health, suggesting that tailored interventions should consider these factors for effective support.This study will help support my research question and will help me point out the vulnerabilities depending on age and gender.

The article The Stigma of Childhood Mental Disorders: A Conceptual Framework explores the stigma faced by children with mental health issues and its impact on access to care. It discusses how this stigma affects both children and their caregivers, leading to underutilization of mental health services, especially among minority groups, and calls for improved models to address stigma in child mental health. This journal is important to my project because it discusses how it can be hard to access help for mental health.

The article reviews the stigmatization of children and adolescents with mental health difficulties (YP-MHD), revealing that it is a widespread and disabling issue. The study highlights how stigma, both from peers and adults, can prevent young people from seeking treatment, exacerbating their mental health struggles. The review identified that self-stigmatization often leads to secrecy and avoidance of intervention, ultimately worsening outcomes. The findings suggest that better understanding and addressing the specific stigmatizing processes affecting this group could improve early intervention efforts and long-term mental health outcomes. Using this source for my project will be important so I can explain the importance of mental health and the struggles that go along with it.

The study explores how stigma acts as a barrier to early mental health intervention for youth in Ontario, Canada. It reveals that stigma causes youth to delay seeking help, with many feeling caught between being "sick enough" or "not sick enough" to deserve services. Participants described how stigma influenced both their access to services and how their challenges were perceived, either being trivialized or overly medicalized. The study calls for changes in service models to reduce stigma, particularly through offering services across a spectrum of challenges, and increasing awareness about the invisibility of mental health issues. This article by BioMed Central explains delay of getting help in adolescents and shows a study surrounding this issue and will be crucial for my project.

This chapter explores the impact of mental health stigma on vulnerable children and young people, focusing on how stigma leads to shame, social exclusion, and reluctance to seek help. It highlights that certain groups, particularly those at greater risk of mental health issues, face additional health inequalities and discrimination. While literature on stigma in this population is limited, the chapter applies broader research to understand how stigma affects these children and suggests strategies for cross-agency service improvements and interventions to address the issue. This chapter explains the stigma of mental health and goes into how it's not understood enough in younger kids and talks about improvements that could be made to help address this issue which will help me answer my research question.

His meta-review examines how nature impacts the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents, finding that nature appears to have a beneficial effect, though the evidence is not conclusive. The studies suggest positive outcomes, but more research is needed, especially in clinical, ethnically diverse, and low- and middle-income populations. Using this article I can show how the adolescents crisis line receives a large amount of calls and shows readers how extreme the mental health crisis is right now in younger kids.

The study examines the use of Kids Helpline during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. It found an initial increase in demand for the service when the pandemic was declared, followed by fluctuations, including a second rise during a wave of infections. The increase in demand was mainly through WebChat, with a significant number of contacts coming from girls aged 13-18. Common reasons for reaching out included mental health issues, suicide/self-harm, family relationships, and COVID-19-related concerns. The findings highlight the challenges of responding to rapidly changing demand and the importance of understanding different communication modalities' effectiveness. Using this article I can explain how the Kids Helpline helped children receive help during covid and how much the number helped in my project.

The article titled "The effectiveness of school-based mental health services for elementary-aged children: A systematic review" reviews studies on the effectiveness of mental health services provided in schools for elementary-aged children. The authors found that school-based interventions can be effective in improving mental health outcomes for children, particularly in reducing symptoms of anxiety and depression. However, the effectiveness varies depending on factors like the type of intervention, the quality of implementation, and the characteristics of the children involved. The study emphasizes the need for well-designed and consistent mental health programs in schools to support children's mental well-being. Using this article it shows how services for mental health have an increasing impact on anxiety and depression in school aged kids and is important for my research question.

This study examines how stigma influences adolescents' help-seeking behaviors, both for themselves and when recommending help for peers. It found that adolescents are more likely to suggest help for peers with mental health issues than to seek help for their own problems. The stigma dimensions of labeling, stereotypes, and separation/discrimination were key factors in these behaviors, with labeling being a strong predictor of both self-reported help-seeking and peer recommendations. Mental health literacy and positive stigma awareness were also linked to increased help-seeking in formal and informal settings. This article go into depth about how people often search for help for others more than themselves and how the stigma influences this behavior and will be important to discuss in my work.