The document discusses the importance of mental health support in schools, particularly in the context of Indian culture where such topics are often taboo. It outlines strategies to combat mental health issues among students, including the deployment of mental health experts, encouraging social interaction, creating a supportive environment, and promoting physical health. Additionally, it emphasizes the role of parents and the necessity of educational seminars on mental health awareness.

1. MENTAL HEALTH
SUPPORT IN
SCHOOLS
TIPS through which we can help the
youngsters to combat mental health issues
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2. Mental health is considered taboo in Indian culture. When anyone is suffering from
a mental disorder, we usually don’t get positive and supportive feedback from our
surroundings. Further, when there is no pillar behind the victims, their condition
grows and becomes worse with time. There are cases where we have witnessed
suicides and deaths. This mental health disorder is common among teenagers and
young adults. As one grows, he/she is burdened by ample responsibilities whether
he/she is ready to bear them or not. It’s a stereotype. Change is required.
Essentially, if these things are taken care of from the very beginning, that is, when a
child is not even a teenager, things will be sorted and clear ahead. In every aspect
of life, we learn new things eventually, but no one teaches us about how to tackle
pressure, burden, responsibilities, and unwanted stress. CBSE Schools in Dehradun
believe that schools play a major role in a child’s overall learning of day -to-day
lifestyle. If mental health is also collated in the lists of learning and understanding,
it won’t be a matter of situational awkwardness anymore.
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3. LET’S LOOK INTO SOME WAYS
THROUGH WHICH WE CAN HELP
THE YOUNGSTERS TO COMBAT
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
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4. Students should get full mental health
support through psychiatrists,
psychologists, nurses, counselors,
social workers, etc. Schools should
deploy a team of mental health
experts, and students should be made
comfortable to speak to them at any
point of time they feel like.
DEPLOY HEALTH SUPPORT
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5. INFORM AND EDUCATE:
Students grow up with the habits
that they are taught in childhood.
They follow what they have known
from the start. It is very important
to teach the right things to the
students, especially the taboos of
society. Clarify everything, every
concept of mental health disorders.
Tell them to help their companions
in the best way they can.
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6. ENCOURAGE SOCIALNESS
Spare some time other than the
curriculum for peers to socialize with
each other. Ask them to work together
on some challenging and problematic
situations. Interaction among children
of the same age groups escalates the
mind’s thought process, keeps them
engaged, and decreases the chance of
thinking about stress and tensions.
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7. NECESSITATE INVOLVEMENT
Ensure that each student is
involved in some of the other
extracurricular activities. Not
every student can excel in the
same activities. Therefore,
make sure that every talent is
valued equally, and no one is
criticized for their choices.
Preferably, this can trigger a
sense of competitiveness
among students if rewarded
and consolidated for
everything they do.
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8. FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT
Just reinforcing extra curriculum and
effective communication won’t help
unless a child gets a suitable
environment. A mental health victim’s
point of view is not the same as a
normal person. Ergo, it is vital that a
student feels secure in every corner of
the premises and not just in front of the
aid team. Teachers should keep an
account if any student is under mental
stress for any reason and give their best
to bring them back at ease.
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9. It needs no evidence that fitness is the key to a
healthy lifestyle. This we have practiced and
preached for ages. According to Boarding Schools
in Dehradun, Students should be trained to
inculcate the habit of keeping themselves fit. It can
be done through many ways such as sports
activities, regular workouts, yoga, gyms, and most
prominently, following a healthy diet. Obviously,
this sounds a little old-age routine, but keeping up
with this will contribute heavily to fighting mental
health troubles as well. Students can make a
timetable or schedule their diet plans for every
week. With this, they can enjoy a variety of fast food
once or twice a week.
PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH
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10. At the end of the day, a student is a child.
He/she returns home with a bag full of
new experiences, good and bad both. On
that account, it’s a parent’s duty to ask
them about their day. Maybe they don’t
want to share or don’t want to talk. Such
an understanding must be created that a
child himself talks about his issues and
happiness either. At home, also an
atmosphere is must where a child feels
free to talk about anything without the
insecurity of criticism and comparison.
AWARENESS IN PARENTS
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11. SEMINARS AND WEBINARS
Schools should organize
seminars and webinars on
mental health and let
everyone, including parents,
teachers, and students,
attend them. At times
listening to such things can
influence the minds.
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