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Typically, it's a parent who first recognizes that his child might have a mental health problem. But teachers are the ones sounding the alarm in about 16 percent of cases. And yet, only nine percent of frank gehry jewellery said that school personnel were their most helpful source of support. Teachers may be on the front line with kids, but they lack the training and resources needed to support kids and families affected by mental illness. Anderson adds that without better bridging between home and school, extra training and programs will not be effective. Many parents she speaks with report having negative experiences with their children's schools, and say their kids feel most discriminated against at school. "You can't just work with the child," she says. "If we're going to do something with schools, let's try and engage families."

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Parents whose kids have mental paloma picasso jewellery often feel judged; more than threequarters believe that most people see their children's difficulties as the result of the family environment (44 percent) or a "negative personality" (32 percent). Despite increasing public awareness about children's mental health, families do not feel that their kids' struggles are understood as real illnesses that need and deserve to be treated. Which is why paediatrician and parent Carlson-Reid believes that we need to keep talking about the issue. "Nobody's immune from the possibility of mental illness," she says.

At Youth Net, people between the ages of 18 and 30 talk to kids return to tiffany jewellery mental illness and connect them with professionals. They also snowboard, hike and practise yoga with them. "Kids are surprised to learn that up to 25 percent of people have mental illness, and it can be as common as test anxiety or social phobia at school," [LAURA ARMSTRONG] says. "They don't realize that other young people can relate to what they feel and can help them through the darkness."

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Today Armstrong is a doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Ottawa, and mom to one-year-old Keriana. As part of her studies, she did a clinical placement at Youth Net, a peer support organization for youth with mental health problems. "Only one in six youth who need mental health services ever gets them in Canada, and this organization is working to boost that statistic," Armstrong says.

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