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School-based mental health support services in urban high schools in Lagos, Nigeria, are perceived as inadequate in addressing suicidal ideation among students. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

March 3, 2026Open Access

Impact of School-Based Mental Health Support on Suicidal Ideation Among Urban High School Students in Lagos, Nigeria,: Three-Month Analysis

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VUVictor UzokaBabcock University FOFelix OkochaUniversity of Jos COChimere ObinnaCovenant University

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Qualitative analysis reveals inadequate mental health support impacts suicidal thoughts in urban high school students, highlighting need for improvements.

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This research aims to evaluate the impact of school-based mental health support on suicidal ideation among urban high school students in Lagos.
Conducted semi-structured interviews with students and teachers at randomly selected schools.
Facilitated focus groups to gather insights on the implementation and effect of mental health services.
Analyzed themes around inadequacy of support, particularly concerning intervention timing and confidentiality.
Participants identified a lack of timely intervention by mental health services.
Concerns regarding confidentiality hindered students from seeking help.
Recommendations for improvement included staff training on recognizing distress signs.

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Uzoka et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69a67f1ff353c071a6f0b098 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18820761

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Qualitative analysis reveals inadequate mental health support impacts suicidal thoughts in urban high school students, highlighting need for improvements.

Impact of School-Based Mental Health Support on Suicidal Ideation Among Urban High School Students in Lagos, Nigeria,: Three-Month Analysis

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Impact of School-Based Mental Health Support on Suicidal Ideation Among Urban High School Students in Lagos, Nigeria,: Three-Month Analysis

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