Many teenagers will receive their GCSE results today. These exams can have a significant impact on what they do next, so it can be a stressful time for students, their teachers, and parents. Over the past decade, reported mental health problems among adolescents have been on the rise. A recent survey by the NHS statistics agency found that rates of probable mental disorders in children aged six to 16 reached one in six in 2021. Madeleine Finlay talks to academic psychologist Dr Lucy Foulkes about what could be behind this crisis, how schools are trying to address it, and how we can help teens with their mental wellbeing
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