Mental Health Awareness Training in Secondary Schools

Mental illness disproportionately affects young people - over half of mental health problems start by the age of 14, and 75 per cent by the age of 18. Just as with physical health, there is a duty to make sure that young people who are struggling with their mental health have access to all the support and care that they need, including within schools. 1.2 A Government Teacher Voice survey in 2016 found that only just over half (57%) of teachers said they felt equipped to identify behaviour that may be linked to a m...