Schools in Oregon will now treat mental health like any other physical ailment, so kids are now allowed to take a mental health day, if needed.
This new law is incredibly urgent as suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Oregonians aged 15 to 34, according to the“We’re not talking about ‘I just don’t feel like going to school.’ We’re talking about real disorders, real things that have real impacts,” Chris Bouneff, the executive director for the, told NPR. “It’s hard to address them systematically if they have to stay hidden because of stigma and prejudice and shame.
Currently, students might lie about mental health problems in order to skip school, which adds to the stigma and shame surrounding mental illness. Bouneff hopes the new law will bring mental health out of the dark, which he in turn hopes will also help students seek help and treatment. “You would have circumstances where students have a mental health disorder that impacts their ability to attend school at a given day but they would have to hide the reasons that generated their absences and you don’t do that for any other health care condition,” Bouneff said.
Oregon has one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the country, it’s the second leading cause of death for 10 to 34 year olds in that state.
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