With more than 4 million people with mental illness and many teenagers suffering from it, a group formed by the parties concerned said that it is necessary to proceed with prevention and early treatment based on correct knowledge on the 19th, at elementary and junior high schools. I requested the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to teach about mental illness in class.
The request was made by a group of people involved in mental illness such as schizophrenia and supporters, and submitted the signatures and requests for 55,000 people collected on the Internet to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
The group will be able to connect to prevention and early treatment with correct knowledge, and with the understanding of teachers, the necessary support will be provided to the so-called "young carer" children who support families with illness, depending on the age in elementary and junior high school classes. I asked the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to teach me about mental illness.
In high school, the new course of study introduced in 2022 will bring back the item of mental illness in "health and physical education" for the first time in 40 years, and you will learn about prevention and recovery. In a survey of 133 people, more than half, 72, said they had symptoms that were a precursor to them when they were in elementary school or junior high school.
Tamiko Morino, the representative of the "Silver Ribbon Association" who requested, said, "Prejudice and incomprehension of mental illness hinder early detection and treatment. Many teenagers have symptoms, children and their surroundings. We should teach from elementary school so that adults can notice it quickly. "