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Start teaching children in schools about mental health

Submitted on Thursday 1st September 2016

Published on Friday 2nd September 2016

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 2nd March 2017

Signatures: 136

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Children ~ Education ~ Schools ~ UK

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Start teaching children in schools about mental health

Petition Details

In schools children are taught about sex education but never about mental health - why not?

Large percentages of the population are affected by mental illness themselves or are subject to it some way. Make sure people are aware of warning signs/symptoms from a young age in order to help others.

Additional Information

10% of children and young people (aged 5-16 years) have a clinically diagnosable mental problem, yet 70% of children and adolescents who experience mental health problems have not had appropriate interventions at a sufficiently early age. (https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/statistics/mental-health-statistics-children-and-young-people)


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