Shelemy, L., Harvey, K., & Waite, P. (2019). Supporting students’ mental health in schools: What do teachers want and need? Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 24(1), 100–116. doi:10.1080/13632752.2019.1582742
It's crucial for teachers to understand, approach and identify mental health in their classroom. A lot of teachers believe managing students' mental health is a part of their job, so this articles sheds light on the need of training teachers to understand that they are not therapists. This articles explores what UK teachers need the most in terms of training to help their students within the classroom in a study done by Shelemy, Harvey and Waite. The conclusion is that teachers can benefit from training to help early stages of those who are struggling and access to resources that is more applicable.
Borrelli, I., Benevene, P., Fiorilli, C., D'Amelio, F., & Pozzi, G. (2014). Working Conditions and mental health in teachers: A preliminary study. Occupational Medicine, 64(7), 530–532. doi:10.1093/occmed/kqu108
This paper will help with pinpointing the specific aspects of the teaching occupation that contributes the most to teachers' mental health. It includes a study done on teachers in Italy that aims to find out specifically what kind of working conditions and to what extent would become harmful to teachers. In other words, work conditions that would bring them to a state of anxiety and depression. Their results from surveys shows that mental health has association with high job demand and low social support.
