What ’s going on with UK teenagers’ mental health? | podcast

Many teenagers will receive their GCSE results today. These exams can have a significant impact on what they do next, so it can be a stressful time for students, their teachers and parents. Over the past decade, reported mental health problems among teenagers have been on the rise. A recent survey by the NHS statistics agency found rates of probable mental disorders in six- to 16-year-olds reached one in six in 2021. Madeleine Finlay speaks to the academic psychologist Dr Lucy Foulkes about what could be behind this crisis, how schools are trying to tackle it, and how we can help teenagers with their mental wellbeingArchive: Good Morning Britain, PBS News HourContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 25, 2022 Category: Science Authors: Presented and produced by Madeleine Finlay, with additional production by Rachel Porter and Jacqui Wakefield, sound design by Tony Onuchukwu, and the executive producer was Isabelle Roughol Tags: Mental health GCSEs Education Society Young people Source Type: news