According to experts, psychological stress and problems in children and adolescents are becoming increasingly noticeable in everyday school life - with consequences for lessons, the school climate and teachers. "Not only the increase, but also the lack of coordinated procedures for dealing with mentally disturbed pupils is an additional burden," said Veit Roessner, Head of the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Dresden University Hospital, to the German Press Agency.
If it is not clarified at an early stage who takes which steps and when, help sometimes runs side by side, is no longer effective or comes too late, the professor emphasized. This can be seen, for example, in the case of truancy. If a child stops going to school, it is often discussed without the involvement of child and adolescent psychiatrists whether a fine should be imposed on the parents or what educational measures could be considered.
