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MENTAL HEALTH IN MODERN SCHOOLS: DIVERSITY, ETHICS, AND CIVIL DISCOURSE 1 Mental Health in Modern Schools: Diversity, Ethics, and Civil Discourse EDD-FPX8010 Foundations of Doctoral Studies in Education Mental Health in Modern Schools: Diversity, Ethics, and Civil Discourse

MENTAL HEALTH IN MODERN SCHOOLS: DIVERSITY, ETHICS, AND CIVIL DISCOURSE 2 The typical student spends more waking hours engaged with faculty and peers at their school than with any other one deity in their lives. This time is valuable in terms of addressing the mental health crisis that has befallen our children in the last decade. Suicide rates should be a serious concern for all educators. Current statistics show that the suicide rate among people aged 10–24 remained stable from 2001 through 2007 and then increased 62% from 2007 through 2021 (CDC, 2023). Educators are ethically bound to meet this growing need in today’s schools. Walking through the school gates, we are met with diverse students, coming to us in an array of states. People say to always smile as you don’t know what someone is going through and that is true of our students, they may be walking in after a hospitalization or a serious panic attack. The time following hospitalization is a critical time where there is an increased risk for a suicide attempt and strengthening their school connectedness and having a re-entry plan is imperative ( Marraccini et al, 2022) . Opening up dialogue between all students, teachers, and parents to educate about different mental health needs and how to ask for support needs to be had. Breaking down the barriers for these students to have resources readily available is vitally important. All stakeholders should engage in ongoing training and civil discourse throughout the school year. Equal access to all students, regardless of socio- economics in their school, perceived thoughts on what someone mentally ill looks like, as well as a variety of other prejudices and factors is a pressing need. Diversity “Mental disorders have been attributed as the leading cause of disability for young people, with figures indicating that they affect 10-20% of children and adolescents worldwide

MENTAL HEALTH IN MODERN SCHOOLS: DIVERSITY, ETHICS, AND CIVIL DISCOURSE 3 (Kieling et al,.2011)( (Brown & Dixon, p.1). These numbers are extremely significant and affect outcomes later in life for these students and society. There is a plethora of concerns, but depression and anxiety come up on top as the most prevalent mental health issues (Duncan et al., 2021). When looking at a student physically, their grades or ESE status, teachers cannot assume that they are not experiencing mental health needs. In a thesis, Shelley (2007) found that 66.7% of students returning from hospitalization were not identified with a disability under a special education category (Marraccini & Pittleman, 2022). The diversity of students with mental health needs does not stop there, other factors include, gender, race, bullying, sense of belonging, safety, and socio-economic status, size of community, as well as many others (Doan et al., 2020). There are barriers, perceived or true, for these diverse groups to seek help. Many of these factors affect each other in a circular fashion. A student who is bullied within a school will feel a loss of community, safety, and belonging in that environment, leading to a lesser chance that they will seek help when it is needed. This could cause a student to miss more school, thus creating a cycle where they feel even less connected and engaged. This cycle must be interrupted and corrected. To further the diverse needs and need for definitive action by schools, students who experience poor mental health are the most reluctant to seek help and need it the most (Doan et al., 2020). Schools need to work towards cultivating a welcoming environment where every category of student feels safe to ask for help. When looking at equity and inclusiveness, schools must include racial discrimination in the discussion. Racial discrimination is a risk factor for mental health concerns. Students who experience this type of discrimination have heightened anxiety, loss of feelings of well-being, and most of all it is correlated with depression (22). Because these students do not feel connected to their school, they do not feel safe to ask for

MENTAL HEALTH IN MODERN SCHOOLS: DIVERSITY, ETHICS, AND CIVIL DISCOURSE 4 help when in distress. Compounding this dilemma is a sociocultural barrier where it has been found that Black Americans are less likely to ask for help on the whole than other groups (Goodwin et al., 2021). Another factor that is seen in high-achieving schools, is the pressure to succeed. These schools see anxiety, depression, and somatic complaints at higher levels (Goodwin et al., 2021). High achieving students could be overlooked because some would think they have it together because they are doing well academically. The impact of students’ mental health is vast and at times urgent. It may start with missing a few extra days of school but can also be as drastic and heart wrenching as self-harm and suicide. Ethics The majority of suicide attempts happen during the school year, not in the summer months (Marraccini & Pittleman, 2022). The demands of school work and peer interaction heighten stress for students and some find themselves unable to cope effectively. School is the main place that students who have been hospitalized return to and they are at extreme risk at this immediate time following their stay (Marraccini & Pittleman, 2022) . Some schools may try to send students to a different school or talk the family into a homebound situation. Homebound is where the student stays at home and works on their schoolwork under the care of a teacher. While this may be the right option at times, most times students want and need to return to a normal way of life, but with support. Ethically schools should not shy away from this challenge and improve their reintegration plans. Students may not come forward, nor parents and ask for schools for help because mental health in the past has come with stigmatization. The right move is for schools to educate and normalize mental illness, to promote a more positive thought pattern associated with these diseases and help seeking (Al Omari et al., 2022). Additionally, educators

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