Mental Health In High Schools

Public high school health classes miss a large portion of what problems teenagers are facing in the twenty-first century. Health classes teach about fitness and drug abuse. In 2014, 17.2% of American children two to nineteen years of age dealt with obesity (“Obesity Rates”). Meanwhile, 2.8 million teenages ages ranging from twelve to seventeen years had reported at least one major episode of depression in the same year (“Teen Depression”). This data is missing all of the others who were unable to report because of embarrassment or unawareness. Most of the teenagers affected by a mental illness are not given the help they need because of unawareness. Mental health should be taught in all middle and high schools in America.

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Mike Wallace was a CBS reporter in the 1980s, he suffered from clinical depression. He felt as if his mind was no longer his, he was losing his memory and concentration. Wallace spoke about a time when he was reading an article in the newspaper and he was unable to remember the topic of the article two minutes later (Silverstein 35). It is unfair to hold students with mental health issues to the same standard as those who are physically capable. Symptoms of depression and anxiety become so overwhelming that a person may be unable to function normally in everyday activities (Silverstein 4). This can prohibit the speed of learning or the amount of time needed to take a test. In fact, test are often a common cause of anxiety attacks in schools. These students should be allowed to work at their own pace. The most important thing is for the student to become healthy and able to function properly. Making them stressed out about a test or having the student feel as if they are drowning in school work does not help them in their road to recovery, if anything it makes their symptoms worse. Many schools have programs for children with disabilities, such as reading help on tests and special rooms for students to focus and concentrate on school. Why are these options no provided temporarily to help a student get back on their feet. These student are both

Hiring an extra person to help the kids personally does not seem like a good idea for schools because it has nothing to do with test score. Spending the extra money to have someone actually care for another human and look out for the best of them is pointless to people who see money as the main priority in life. Those same people also think that mental health issues are not a thing. Depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety and many other mental illnesses are extremely prevalent in schools. Some students are able to look around the hallways at their school and see the side effects of these worsening plague of diseases. People who are not prevalently involved with these students with the characteristics do not see the hurting they are facing, or they are so completely absorbed by themselves that they are physically unable to recognize another person. Most individuals who are facing or have faced mental health issues either are very open in helping others through the sharing the struggle they have gone through or unable to talk about the darkest places they have seen of themselves. Fear is a main component, these individuals may have felt alone before and sharing something personal make one feel all alone and that is a scary thing to face with history of episodes relating to feeling