Santa Clarita, CA: A "major cause of mental health issues for children is what is ...home life"

Dec 7, 2017, Santa Clarita (CA) Signal: Dealing with mental health issues in the classroom https://signalscv.com/2017/12/dealing-mental-health-issues-classroom/ Another major cause of mental health issues for children is what is going on in their home life. Within this, marriage break-ups, divorces, or abuse can have a huge impact on them. If you notice a change in the behavior of one of your pupils, then often it can be something like this that is causing it. You may find that it manifests itself in general behavioral problems and out-of-character, rowdy behavior. … If you find that a pupil or student is suddenly coming out with violent or extreme emotional outbursts for no reason. then this could be a sign of mental health issues. The outbursts are a way of expressing their pent-up negative feelings, so this is something that you need to watch out for. Physical self-harm One real warning sign if you notice it in regard to a pupil is physical self-harm. This involves the child or young adult physically injuring themselves through cutting or burning their own body. It is thought that the act of self-harm gives a level of control to a situation that they may be finding hard to deal with (such as bullying) along with a release for their feelings on the issue.