Schools increasingly helping pupils suffering from anxiety amid surge in demand for mental health support
by Anna Davis
Dec 25, 2023
2 minutes
School leaders have spoken about how they are increasingly stepping in to help pupils suffering from anxiety, amid long waiting lists for mental health services.
Some teachers have introduced wellbeing lessons, set up “zen dens” for anxious pupils and are running interventions similar to those for drug and alcohol addicts.
It comes after one in four cited anxiety or mental health problems as a data from June. In February 2022 it was just eight per cent.
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