Mental Health Education in Schools
OUR AIM AS A CAMPAIGN.
Our aim as a campaign is to educate young people about mental health by introducing mental health education onto the national curriculum.
The goal of our campaign is to change how children are educated on mental health in schools, 20% of teenagers will experience a mental health problem while still in education. 1 in 10 children and young people aged 5-16 suffer from diagnosable mental health disorder-that is around 3 in every class. Make a change and join the campaign on mental health.
If you would like to join us and make a change please feel free to come to our change makers event on March the 8th at 01:30pm.Please meet us in Reception. Our address is on our contact us page.
Mental Health Statistics.
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850,000 children aged 5-16 have mental health problems.
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Three children in every classroom have a diagnosable mental health disorder.
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Roughly 725,000 people in the UK suffer from eating disorders, 86% of these will have shown symptoms before the age of 19.
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One in 10 deliberately harm themselves regularly (and 15,000 of them are hospitalised each year because of this)
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Nearly 80,000 children and young people suffer from severe depression
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Half of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14.
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45% of children in care have a mental health disorder - these are some of the most vulnerable people in our society.
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Nearly 300,000 young people in Britain have an anxiety disorder.
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95% of imprisoned young offenders have a mental health disorder. Many of them are struggling with more than one disorder.
