Mental Health and Schools by Georgia Bruno https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq en-us 2018-08-15 15:37:19 UTC 2025-10-08 15:14:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273279812 2018-08-15 15:48:31 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273279812 https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273280186 2018-08-15 15:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273280186 gbruno3 https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273282225 2018-08-15 15:58:55 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273282225 Argument gbruno3 https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273575061 Schools can address the mental health crisis among American youth by addressing and eliminating the misconceptions surrounding the epidemic. The purpose would be to make it easier for students to get professional assistance with their mental health. By lawmakers enforcing the proper education of mental health in schools and providing teachers with practical skills to address it, stigmatization can lessen in intensity.  ]]> 2018-08-16 19:00:53 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273575061 Evidence for problem gbruno3 https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273639629 These problems continue today, they add, in the form of poor funding for research and services compared to other illnesses; structural forms of discrimination; and “widespread, inaccurate, and sensational media depictions that link mental illness with violence.” The fact that mental health care is not covered by insurance to the same extent as medical care, and the fact that mental health research is not funded to the same levels as medical research, are two clear indications that stigma targeted at mental illness continues to exist at the structural level. Psychological scientist Patrick W. Corrigan of the Illinois Institute of Technology  says that “The prejudice and discrimination of mental illness is as disabling as the illness itself.  It undermines people attaining their personal goals and dissuades them from pursuing effective treatments.”
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/stigma-as-a-barrier-to-mental-health-care.html
The early treatment success rates for mental illnesses are 60 to 80 percent, well above the approximately 40 to 60 percent success rates for common surgical treatments for heart disease.
https://www.teachforamerica.org/top-stories/reducing-stigma-mental-illness-so-students-get-help-they-need
Researchers have been able to study this phenomenon as stigma and have begun to examine ways of reducing this stigma. Public stigma is the most prominent form observed and studied, as it represents the prejudice and discrimination directed at a group by the larger population. Self-stigma occurs when people internalize these public attitudes and suffer numerous negative consequences as a result.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3610943/

]]> 2018-08-17 02:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273639629 evidence for solution gbruno3 https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273642081 that public policy, the law, and media remain our greatest resources to stimulate change and spur action,” Carter, Palpant Shimkets, and Bornemann write in their commentary. “We also need to build bridges to other fields that connect to mental health, such as public health, primary care, and education.”
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/releases/stigma-as-a-barrier-to-mental-health-care.html

Rep. Grace F. Napolitano's Mental Health in Schools Act is part of the solution. By providing increased federal funding for therapists and mental health services in our schools, this bill will help youth with preventable mental illnesses get access to the services they need.
https://napolitano.house.gov/issues/mental-health-schools-act

The Mental Health in Schools Act builds on a highly-effective program known as the Safe Schools/Healthy Students
program, which strengthens partnerships between local education and community
programs including (but not limited to) local primary health, juvenile justice and child welfare entities,
and provides funding to place on-site qualified mental health and substance use professionals in schools across the country to provide behavioral health services for students and their families at no charge.
https://www.thenationalcouncil.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/mental_health_schoolsFINAL531.pdf
]]> 2018-08-17 02:56:52 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/273642081 evidence for solution 2 gbruno3 https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/274083658 NAMI has developed training programs that address child and youth mental health. The NAMI Parents & Teachers as Allies program is an in-service training program for school personnel.
Presentations for Students
NAMI Ending the Silence provides students with information on mental health conditions and how to ask for help if they see the signs in themselves or a friend. Through the free classroom presentation, students get to see the reality of living with a mental health condition.
https://www.nami.org/Learn-More/Public-Policy/Mental-Health-in-Schools

]]> 2018-08-20 15:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/274083658 evidence for solution 3 gbruno3 https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/274493004 Schools offer an ideal context for prevention, intervention, positive development, and regular communication between school and families. School-employed professionals like school psychologists, school counselors, school social workers, and school nurses know the students, parents, and other staff, which contributes to accessibility of services.
They are specially trained in school system functioning and learning, as well as how students’ behavior and mental health impacts their ability to be successful in school.
https://www.nasponline.org/resources-and-publications/resources/mental-health/school-psychology-and-mental-health/school-based-mental-health-services]]> 2018-08-22 06:00:39 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/274493004 Barriers https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/275043539 In the wake of the recent school shootings in the past academic year, the need for school counselors and mental health professionals has become more apparent.States and school leaders are seeking a number of solutions as they provide mental health services to students. Some are forming partnerships with local agencies or setting up school-based mental health clinics while others are looking to digital solutions. Some states are allowing school security funds to be used for hiring mental health professionals, while others are now mandating mental health education at schools. School leaders can explore all these options as they look at ways to increase school safety and help students become healthier and better able to focus on learning.
https://www.educationdive.com/news/finding-professionals-to-meet-students-mental-health-needs-may-prove-chall/527534/]]> 2018-08-24 02:05:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/275043539 Call to action https://padlet.com/gbruno3/3wxwjnv0f3zq/wish/275043918 Running extracurricular social activities for pupils has also been shown to help have a positive impact on students, by providing a space for them to work through their emotions and develop strategies to address their challenges.

If both pupils and teachers have more open discussions about mental health, issues will also be easier to identify early on, and this will help to build students’ knowledge and understanding of the subject.
http://theconversation.com/five-things-schools-can-do-to-help-pupils-mental-health-79376
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