Mental health services for high school students in Georgia have been insufficient and at times misguided, writes recent high school graduate Mira Ugwuadu, who discusses the lack of a comprehensive plan to respond to deaths by suicide among students, a relentless focus on grades over welfare and a pervasive stigma around mental health. “If schools prioritized equitable mental health care and student needs, students would not feel the need to suffer in silence nor would they feel obligated to bear the burden of depression or anxiety on their own,” writes Ugwuadu.
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