Mental Illness In Schools

Ever since the brain has been developed in the first living creature mental illness has been something that has plagued all life. Compared to recent years not so long ago sufferers of mental illness were treated like complete and utter garbage. These people were sent to asylums to spend the rest of their days rotting in the dark while their families simply turned the other way. All that the families wanted was to get rid of their nuisance that was frowned upon by society simply because they were a little broken. Granted not all of the places were terrible, but that does not change the fact about what some of these people went through. Although it is way easier today to live and cope with a mental illness does not mean that it is not a difficult …show more content…
So, maybe if schools would not focus on test scores that much, and offer help to their students for mental problems it can over help the children do better in school and help eliminate some risky behaviors. Some classes in schools can even lead to worse mental health. Even though the event of a school shooting is rare, it is a tragic reality that modern countries face nowadays, mostly in america. If schools were to offer assistance for children with mental health issues it can potentially prevent the horrible event of a school shooting. As stated by Christina Samuels, “Screening programs could also catch the rare students who might be considering violent actions and steer them to the appropriate services.”. This mean thats these programs can serve more than one very useful purpose for the schools and …show more content…
75 percent of lifetime cases of mental health conditions begin at the age of 24 (understanding mental health and academics). Most people who go to college are of or around this age when they go to college, meaning that these students might be attaining these mental illnesses on campus. Additionally, 73 percent of students living with a mental health crisis on campus, yet, 34.2 percent reported that their college did not know about their crisis (understanding mental health and academics). A decent amount of these people have had problems on their campus and some of the times the schools do not even know about it. Chances are, if these schools provided assistance for these students these crisis could have been prevented. 85 percent of college students reported experiencing stress on a daily basis (understanding mental health and academics). Having assistance could possibly help these students fight off stress and in turn do better in school. Also one in four adults between the ages of 18 and 24 have a diagnosable mental illness (understanding mental health and academics). This information means that around 25 percent of those students potentially have a mental illness, and that should be enough to have it be mandatory for schools to provide assistance for these students. The American College Health association reported in 2011 identifying depression and