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Mental health in educational institutions

Dr..

Alaa Jarrad

Garad@alaagarad.com

May 24, 2022

A few days ago, an English court ruled that the University of “Bristol” should pay compensation of 50 thousand pounds to the families of the suicide student “Natasha Abraharat”, as well as all funeral expenses and other expenses. Anxiety, but she was diagnosed later and proved that, despite this she was asked in one of the courses to give a presentation in the presence of a small number of students, and her attempt to persuade the university to find another way to evaluate her instead of presenting this presentation did not succeed, and her anxiety and mental ill health led Until I committed suicide.

This is one of many similar issues that illustrate the situation that students can reach unless they find adequate psychological support from educational institutions. Cases of social anxiety in particular have multiplied after the “Covid-19” epidemic, and students at all educational levels have been affected by this matter. Teaching themselves have been deeply affected.

In an opinion poll published by the World Economic Forum, it was found that the current concern and what worries university presidents is the issue of students’ mental health, and the search for effective solutions to this dilemma, as well as exploring new methods of dealing with students, especially those who have a fear of exams or facing the public, and in the last six years The percentage of social anxiety problems alone increased from 17% to 31%, as a result of an opinion poll conducted in 2020 showed rapid increases in the rate of anxiety and depression, and 60% of students participating in the study said that the epidemic made it more difficult to obtain health care. mental.

Globally, the situation is getting worse. In 2020,

A survey of students and faculty at institutions of higher education in 10 countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Australia and the Nordic countries.

It found that 76% of the students surveyed had mental health issues, as did 73% of the faculty.

Despite the large area of ​​freedom that students enjoy in the West, where the majority of parents do not pressure their children to register in certain fields, and they are not blamed for their academic achievement, yet we find this high percentage of problems, so what about our Arab world, which often puts pressure on parents On their children to reach a high academic level, and therefore students are under pressure from educational institutions, pressure from parents, in addition to the psychological problems resulting from the Covid epidemic, add to this the bleak view of the future and the uncertainty that surrounds the world due to the ongoing wars, which may expand its circle with the economic crisis that is grinding All countries of the world, which resulted in new challenges for educational institutions towards their students and employees, do our educational institutions realize the extent of the challenge and are they prepared to face it?

• Students are subjected to pressure from educational institutions, pressure from parents, in addition to other psychological problems.

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