From Assessment to Action: The Role of Online Counseling in School Mental Health Efforts

Abstract

Mental Health issues among school-aged children and adolescents are so severe that the current campus assistance system is unable to resolve them in an ordinary way. In order to achieve this goal, by exploring which kinds of help do online counselling offer for enhancing schools' activities in mental health? And according to the screened data collected via digital channels, what type of assistance could they provide. Based on ecological system theory and the stepped-care model, it was argued in this paper that online counselling does not replace traditional face-to-face treatment; Instead, it provides an additional layer of support to address issues with access and detection identified in current services. Observe important parts, such as the creation of digitalised mental health assessment instruments, promoting the building of platforms for online guidance (individuals/Groups) ,and associated risks in environments where delivery of digital services is carried out, including privacy damage during therapy sessions and variations in therapeutic effects due to differences in technology application abilities among individuals. In summary, according to the research results of this paper, some policy recommendations aimed at integrating online counselling services into the existing school mental-health-care system at campuses would also be put forward.