The new American trend comes as a result of the increase in the number of children attending psychiatric clinics due to feelings of helplessness, depression and suicidal desire.
In numbers, psychological problems among children between 5-11 years increased by 24 percent during 2020, and by 31 percent among children between 12 and 17 years.
In the same year, suicide was the second leading cause of death among adolescents, an increase of 31 percent from 2019.
As a result of this reality, a number of US states have come to consider absenteeism from schools for reasons related to the mental health of students "legitimate order".
While some support the inclusion of mental health among the reasons for absenteeism from school, others fear that it will not be controlled among students, which will negatively affect the commitment to study.
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With the high percentage of children who feel anxious and depressed in American schools, dozens of states have gone to allow truancy, in order to enable them to gather their strength to resume coming to their classes.
The new American trend comes as a result of the increase in the number of children attending psychiatric clinics due to feelings of helplessness, depression and suicidal desire.
In numbers, psychological problems among children between 5-11 years increased by 24 percent during 2020, and by 31 percent among children between 12 and 17 years.
In the same year, suicide was the second leading cause of death among adolescents, an increase of 31 percent from 2019.
As a result of this reality, a number of US states have come to consider absenteeism from schools for reasons related to the mental health of students as “legitimate.”
While some support the inclusion of mental health among the reasons for absenteeism from school, others fear that it will not be controlled among students, which will negatively affect the commitment to study.