Mental Health

And High School

By Pari Latawa
LASA High School
“InBrief: Early Childhood Mental Health.” Center on the Developing Child at Harvard
University, developingchild.harvard.edu/resources/inbrief-early-childhood-mental-
 High School Environment
Academics Personal & Social

- Highly - Childhood
competitive Adversity
- High stress - Bullying
- Foundation for - Exacerbated
future/career by social media
and cell phones
- Lack of Sleep

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 Childhood Adversity
● Emotional/Verbal Abuse About half of all
● Parental Separation or Divorce
● Substance Abuse children in the United
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●
Physical Abuse
Witness to Domestic Violence
States will experience
● Household Member with Mental Illness some form of adversity
● Sexual Abuse
● Neglect
by the time they reach
● Imprisoned Household Member adulthood

(Green et al., 2010; McLaughlin et al., 2012;

McLaughlin et al., 2013). 4
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Dube, Shanta R. “How Childhood Trauma Can Affect Mental and Physical Health into Adulthood.” Medical Xpress - Medical Research Advances and Health News,
Medical Xpress, 24 May 2017, medicalxpress.com/news/2017-05-childhood-trauma-affect-mental-physical.html.
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 “In today’s age, bullies don’t push
“In today’s
you into lockers, age,don’t
they bulliestell
don’t push
you into lockers, they don’t tell
their victims to meet
their them
victims behind
to meet them
the school’s behind
dumpster after class,
the school’s dumpster
after class, they cower behind
they cower behind user names and
user names and fake profiles
fake profiles from
from milesmiles
awayaway
constantly
berating and
constantly berating andabusing
abusing good,
innocent people”
good, innocent people”
- Cliff Molak
- Cliff Molak
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David’s Law
× Help combat cyberbullying in schools
× June 9, 2017
× Court can issue subpoenas to unmask
anonymous people
× Requires public schools to
report/intervene in any suspected
cyberbullying

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How many hours
of sleep does
your high
schooler get?

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“Most of the students in
competitive high schools suffer
from mental health issues because
of the stress culture. These
schools are places that foster this
need to be perfect, and shame you
if you aren’t better than everyone
else”
- High Schooler

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