Supporting student mental health and well-being has become a priority for schools. This was the case even prior to the increased signs of child and youth mental health adversity in and after the pandemic.
Supporting student mental health is important because students of all ages can experience stressors that negatively affect their well-being and sometimes lead to mental health diagnoses.
However, some have suggested we can either support academic success or mental health and that mental health is more important than academic achievement.
However, we can and should support both academic success and mental health because they affect each other.
