Rejected petition Make therapy free for Teens with mental health issues.

Mental health in schools and doctors should be taken more seriously, as to some it feels as if they don't do enough. So in schools they should be taught about mental health in better detail and should offer some form of confidential therapy for those students in need.

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The government should do something about it as in the younger generation there is a lot of cases of depression and anxiety, but when people are told about it, they do very little (almost nothing) to help.

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You may wish to sign some of these petitions which call for similar actions:

Require all schools to offer regular counselling to students
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/328361

Make mental health and wellbeing checks compulsory in all levels of education:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/331616

Inclusion of a Mental Wellbeing & Emotional Wealth Standalone GCSE in schools
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/549523

Review and reform Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/553177

Fund free Mental Health First Aider training for 1 adult in every school
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548425

You can find information and support for young people experiencing depression and anxiety here:

Young Minds: https://youngminds.org.uk
Children’s Society: https://www.childrenssociety.org.uk/mental-health-advice-for-children-and-young-people/issues-affecting-young-people
Childline: https://www.childline.org.uk/info-advice/your-feelings/anxiety-stress-panic/coping-with-stress/
Students against depression: https://www.studentsagainstdepression.org/

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Date submitted 15 October 2020
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