More than a quarter of  secondary school students say their mental health is 'bad' or 'very bad'

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More than a quarter of adolescents of secondary school age have described their mental health as “bad” or “very bad” in a survey published by the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland (RCSI).

The survey was undertaken in 2021 among more than 4,400 adolescents in north Dublin, Cavan, and Monaghan and its results “may be partly related to the covid-19 pandemic”, according to the RCSI.