University of Washington

Elementary school intervention increases mental, sexual health, economic status

Published in Mental Health Weekly Digest, December 15th, 2008

Fifteen years after they completed an intervention program designed to help their social development in elementary school, young adults reported better mental health, sexual health and higher educational and economic achievement than a control group of young adults who didn't receive the intervention, according to a new study.

The data, collected when the participants were 24 and 27 years old, comes from the ongoing Seattle Social Development Project that is following a group of people from childhood into adulthood. The results are being published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.

"We are seeing that the intervention appears to...

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Source: Mental Health Weekly Digest (2008-12-15)

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