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Advocacy Group Urges Schools to Remove Students’ Barriers To Mental Health Help

by Shilpa Banerji , April 27, 2007

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Schools “want to be an oasis of tranquility,” says Dr. Robert Bernstein, executive director of the Bazelon Center. “But they have to be responsible for the well-being of the student… they don’t need a court order to tell them that a student is mentally disturbed. It would be liable if they didn’t do something about it.”

If schools continue with this approach, it could actually increase the risk of harm by discouraging students from getting help for themselves or their friends, he adds.

—      By Shilpa Banerji

 

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