Decades of research in the field of psychology explores public school environments, however it was only recently that psychologists and mental health professionals have begun incorporating themselves into school communities directly. While research has examined the use of retributive and restorative methods, little quantitative research identifies the relationship between the use of restorative methods and student's overall mental health. This gap in the existing research is problematic given the research and literature identifying LGBTQ+ and students of color as the target of more retributive methods within inner-city public schools. The literature demonstrates these students as the target of more punitive disciplinary methods making them more susceptible to entering the criminal system via the school to prison pipeline. To fill this gap within the literature a Brief Mental Health Perspective Survey was completed by 46 mental health professionals within inner-city public high schools in the state of California. This study examined the relationship between the independent variables: teachers' use of restorative methods, teachers' use of retributive methods, administrators' use of restorative methods, and administrators' use of retributive methods and the dependent variable: students' observed mental health diagnoses (OBMHD). Results indicated, through spearman's correlational analysis, that teacher's use of retributive methods had the only significant, positive relationship to OBMHD amongst the research questions. Meaning the more likely a teacher was to use a retributive method, the more likely a student would meet the criteria for one or more of the six DSM-V diagnoses (PTSD, GAD, CD, MDD, ADHD, SU). Results not only filled a gap in the existing literature by examining the unique relationship between restorative and retributive methods and student's mental health, results also offered clinical insight into inner-city public-school students' relationship to retributive and restorative methods in their school communities. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2222/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]