Start mental health education and awareness curriculums within secondary schools

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Young people across the UK are suffering with mental health and stress related issues, heavily caused by school and the education system, but is not addressed or attended to by schools. These mental health problems have severe consequences, affecting the futures of these young people.

“75% of mental illness start before a child is 18, while 50% of mental illness in adults root before age 15.” This has led to “suicide being the leading cause of death in young people aged 20-34 in the UK”[1] since “70% of children and young people, with mental illness, have not had appropriate interventions at an early age.”[2]
"56% of young people believe they will be treated differently if diagnosed. 55% believe they would lose friends. 51% believe they would be embarrassed" as it's not regularly spoken about in school or socially accepted.[1]

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/mental-health-research-matters/2017/jan/20/12-statistics-to-get-you-thinking-about-mental-health-in-young-people
[2] https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/a-to-z/c/children-and-young-people

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We think this petition is similar:

Compulsory mental health education in school.

Timeline

27 Sep 2018	Petition opened for signatures
3 Oct 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 3 Oct 2018

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