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Make it mandatory for schools to teach about mental health and how to get help.

Submitted on Thursday 3rd October 2019

Rejected on Tuesday 8th October 2019

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make it mandatory for schools to teach about mental health and how to get help.

Petition Details

Teenage mental health is a rising issue. Dispite this being one of the major times in a young persons life. This is why teenager's mental health in particular should be taught about. The best way to do this is by teaching it to them in schools. This will help prevent issues later

Additional Information

7.4% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 4.5 million) have a diagnosed behavior problem. 7.1% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 4.4 million) have diagnosed anxiety. 3.2% of children aged 3-17 years (approximately 1.9 million) have diagnosed depression and approximately 25% of 18-25 year olds have some sort of meyal health issue.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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