Mental Health in Schools: Introduction

· The notion that these early childhood experiences should have been buried and put behind us as we grow up and go out into the world. We do not just ‘get over it’.

· Lack of proper research and reliable data on most mental health issues and emotional work. What little research has been done has elicited such conflicting responses in the field that it is hard for the average parent or teacher to make an informed decision about the state of mental health in young people and how to cope with it.

Before we successfully address these dilemmas in our schools we do need to understand fully what a mentally healthy mind means, what internal and external factors affect that health, and the real connection between a healthy mind, a healthy body and intelligent functioning.

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