Promoting Mental Health Awareness in Schools

Promote mental health awareness in schools with supportive environments, resources, and activities to ensure students' well-being and growth.

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2. Promoting Mental Health Awareness in Schools In today’s fast-paced world, mental health issues are not only common in adults but are also becoming prominent in children from 6 to 17 years. Schools indeed can be described as the second home for children, where they spend a major part of their day. Apart from preparing students for excellence in academics and other activities, schools can greatly assist in promoting mental health awareness among students. Recent reports from WHO have stated that one among five school-going students is fighting an unseen battle with mental health problems.
3. Understanding the Stigma Surrounding Mental Health: An individual with good mental health by WHO has been defined as a person who can cope with normal stress, work productively, recognize their abilities, and contribute positively to the community. In school-going students, mental health challenges like depression, anxiety disorders, and other mental health illnesses are attributed as a cause of laziness. This perception makes children fear speaking up to their parents, peers, and teachers about mental health conditions. This stereotype can cause existing mental health problems even worse and can lead to feelings of shame, isolation, and depression. Children might develop this trauma that if they disclose their mental health condition to their peers, parents, teachers, or non-family members
4. Effective Ways to Promote Mental Health Awareness in Schools: To erase the stigma surrounding mental health, schools can play a crucial role. 1. Create a Supportive Environment: A supportive school environment can greatly assist in promoting the emotional and mental well-being of school-going students. 2. Build Resilience: Teachers teaching students strategies on how to take care of mental health can be a significant step in promoting mental health awareness in schools.
5. 3. Provide Resources and Support: Incorporation of mental health education into the school’s curriculum is another effective way to foster mental health awareness in schools. 4. Provide Specific Feedback: Teachers, through open discussion on how they deal with their daily stress, can provide specific feedback to students that can help them with stress management. 5. Encourage Social Time: Encouraging activities in schools that promote social time can significantly help in promoting mental health awareness.
6. Benefits of Mental Health Awareness in Schools: Promoting awareness of mental health in schools can help students recognize their emotions Students can develop the courage to speak openly about their mental health condition, which reduces the risks of more negative consequences Studies have shown that students receiving the right guidance on mental health awareness have an 80% chance of showing significant improvements in their academics Awareness programs on mental health can significantly assist in developing self-confidence in students, reducing the cases of bullying,
7. Conclusion From academic stress and career-related confusion to negligence or abuse and stressful personal experiences, there are many causes of mental illness in students. Choosing a school for your child that offers instruction about healthy mental health habits can be your informed decision for their mental well- being. At Sanjay Ghodawat International School, Pune, teachers through wellness lessons, activities, and workshops promote mental health awareness among students. Our knowledgeable teachers understand the importance of mental well-being in students’ lifelong success and offer the right support and guidance to students on mental health-related aspects.
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