Mental health the top focus for teachers in 2021 – study - The Educator

“According to reports, Australia risks losing more than 4,000 additional lives to suicide in the next five years because of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than 7,000 extra lives lost seen as a worst-case scenario.

In 2020 alone, youth mental health service Headspace said it experienced a 50% rise in referrals for young people who were admitted to a hospital emergency department because of a mental health crisis.

Unsurprisingly, schools have ramped up their mental health support frameworks as more reports show the impact that the virus is having on young people, families and school staff.”