The aim of this study was to examine, in the work against bullying how collaboration between the school counselor and other professions is described by the different professions within the student health team as well as how they describe that the different competencies involved in such teams shapes problem definitions and solutions. The student health (swedish- elevhälsoteamet) team of which the study is based on consists of different professions such as school counselors, school nurses, special education teachers, school psychologists and school principles. We have interviewed representatives of all the above mentioned professions with the exception of school psychologists using a qualitative research design. In this study we have chosen to focus on two student health teams from two different primary schools located in a middle-sized municipality in southern Sweden. We have analysed the results using new institutional theory and the terms domain and power.   The main conclusion of the study is that school counselors themselves feel they have a specific knowledge regarding bullying but have difficulties in capitalizing on it while collaborating with the other professions in the student health team. In line with early research the school counselors also feel marginalised by the fact that they are the only professional social workers in a work place mainly dominated by educationalists. Other problems facing school counselors and similarly affecting the collaboration with other professions within the school and particularly in the student health team are indistinct roles, less contact with students and restriction due to confidentiality.

Skolkuratorer har en unik position där de har möjligheten att fånga upp de elever som lider av psykisk ohälsa. Skolkuratorn är den professionen inom skolpersonalen som kan ses som den bindande länken mellan skola, socialtjänst och hälso- och sjukvård. Tidigare forskning visar att ungdomar som mår sämre psykiskt söker sig först till skolkuratorn och sen till annan skolpersonal. Skolkuratorns arbetsuppgift är att arbeta hälsofrämjande och förebyggande mot psykisk ohälsa hos eleverna. Denna studie undersöker vilken syn skolkuratorer har på psykisk ohälsa hos ungdomar mellan 13–19 år, samt om de har rätt förutsättningar att bedriva ett förebyggande arbete. I denna kvalitativa studie har det genomförts åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer på åtta skolkuratorer, fyra som arbetar inom högstadiet och fyra inom gymnasiet. Studiens resultat visar att elevers psykisk ohälsa orsakas av svårigheter inom familjeförhållanden och ungdomens sociala omgivning. Informanterna uppger att det finns brister inom det främjande och förebyggande arbetet mot psykisk ohälsa bland unga. / School counselors have an unique position where they have the opportunity to identify students who suffer from mental illness. The school counselor is the profession within the school staff that can be seen as the binding link between school, social services and health care. Previous research shows that youth who suffer from mental illness address first to the school counselor and then to other school staff. The school counselor's task is to work to promote health and prevent mental illness among the students. This study examines the school counselors' views on mental illness in young people between the ages of 13–19, and whether they have the right conditions to carry out preventive work. In this qualitative study, eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight school counselors, four working at comprehensive school and four in upper secondary school. The results of the study show that students' mental illness is caused by difficulties in family relationships and the youth's social environment. The informants stated that there are shortcomings in the promotion and prevention work against mental illness among youth.