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Stress and Mental Health Education in schools
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The development of school mental health workshops. ISSUE Hear Our Voice Young Peoples Mental Health Project (HOV) has run workshops in secondary schools for 1 1/2 years. They were initiated after HOV staff noticed that many of the young people using our service had no simple coping mechanisms in place for stress. Research shows 80% of all modern diseases have their beginnings in stress (Meltzer et al.1999). A considerable number of young people stated there was a lack of mental health education in schools, they felt misunderstood by their fellow pupils and that their inability to deal with the stresses of everyday life had had a derogative affect upon their health. HOV is the only mental health project in Cornwall and although other facilities are available for young people, in such a rural area, unless young people live near a town, they are unable to access services easily due to insufficient transport....
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