Mental Health Screening

By screening children for their mental health, could schools prevent campus violence? This article has the opinions of 6 mental health experts on whether or not schools should screen their students for mental health problems. Most of their points support the screening in schools based on many factors. The lack of mental health care causes a burden to many children. Since school is where students spend a majority of their time,it is the ideal place to have access to mental health screening and intervention if needed. These screenings also provide useful data to researchers and clinicians on prevalence of mental health systems and can improve clinical practice, research and policy. Students may feel more comfortable about seeking mental help …show more content…
However, I believe it is so much more than just trying to prevent campus violence. Suffering from a mental disorder in a school setting is extremely tough, especially if it goes undiagnosed or untreated. I realize that a school’s main focus is to educate, not treat, children, but shouldn’t schools also focus on the well being of their students so they can get the most out of their education? Schools want to make a safe environment that is best suitable for the student’s learning capability, so they should also want to help other factors that could harm a child’s ability to learn. It’s difficult to learn with an unassisted mental disorder, just as much as it is difficult to learn in an undesired environment. If schools screen, they can catch mental disorders and give them proper care, making it easier on the ones who suffer. The sooner someone gets help, the better off they are. Students spend much of their time at school, so they could show behaviors there that they don’t normally show at home. Mental health is just as serious as physical health, so it should be treated as such. School should also expose children to mental health information and create an environment that children will feel comfortable asking for