Student mental health and wellbeing

Students’ mental health is of increasing concern and this collection of summaries focusses on issues around this topic. It features the OECD PISAThe Programme for International Student Assessment, a worldwide study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), intended to evaluate educational systems by measuring 15-year-old school students’ knowledge and skills country report for the UK outlining students’ mental health and wellbeing, reviews access to mental health services for young people, discusses the role of peer support and social media and explores the topic of maths anxiety. This collection thus provides readers with a general idea of the state of young people’s mental health and discusses some of the factors contributing to it.