In a secondary school of 1,000 pupils there will typically be 50 who are seriously depressed and 100 in significant distress, figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal.
Mental health in young people remains taboo in society, but the issue has gradually crept onto the political agenda and into schools. The healthy schools programme, a rollout of the social and emotional aspects of learning (SEAL) initiative and a review of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) were all announced last year.
These interventions have come not a moment too soon, for the stakes are high. According to the charity YoungMinds, as many as one in five young people involved in crime are thought to have psychiatric disorders and suicides among young men have increased by 75 per cent in the past 10 years.
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