Four teenagers in Oregon led a successful, first of its kind, effort in the USA to treat physical and mental health equally by lobbying for a mental health bill that was signed by Oregon’s governor in July. As a result, Oregon schools now allow students to miss classes for mental or behavioral health reasons without penalty.<\/p>\n
Read the report by National Public Radio, “Feeling Blue? Oregon Students Allowed To Take ‘Mental Health Days’<\/a>”<\/p>\n Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among Oregon residents aged 15 to 34, and the eighth-leading cause among all ages in the state, according to the Oregon Health Authority<\/a>.<\/p>\n The national suicide rate increased 33 percent from 1999 to 2017<\/a>, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Four teenagers in Oregon led a successful, first of its kind, effort in the USA to treat physical and mental health equally by lobbying for a mental health bill that was signed by Oregon’s governor in July. As a result, Oregon schools now allow students to miss classes for mental or behavioral health reasons without\u2026 Read More: Oregon Students Take Mental Health Days »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3,22],"class_list":["post-1020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education","tag-mental-health","tag-suicide"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t