High School Students Mental Health Support and Treatment via Mental Health Clinic

Abstract

This study aimed to determine high school students' mental health concerns and to show what a psychologist and guidance teachers can do to help students with mental health challenges be most successful of grade 7-12 students and students’ parents in the academic years of 2018-2022 at Wat Phrasrimahadhat Secondary Demonstration School, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Thailand. The instrument was the consultation record, which kept all records of the participants by the psychologist and the guidance teacher at the mental health clinic. The psychologist and guidance teacher developed the consultation records based on the functional patterns. The results were interpreted, categorized, and tabulated on computer sheets. The findings revealed that there were 82 cases from 2018-2022 in which the mental health clinic provided a range of mental health services. Most mental health concerns were low self-esteem (18 cases), depression or withdrawal (16 cases) and anxiety (10 cases), respectively. Moreover, after going to the mental health clinic, a psychologist could help students and students’ parents work through such mental health problems, accounting for 62 cases out of 82. 11 cases were still to continue sessions with a psychologist. Besides, nine cases were transferred to the specialist in the hospital based on the parents’ permission.