Podcast 398: Should we have mental health days at school?

The Dr. Leaf Show

Dr. Caroline Leaf

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Dr Caroline Leith and welcome to my podcast, Cleaning Up The Mental Messe, where
0:09.9	I try and help you in a mental medicine, and experience a level of peace in the challenges
0:14.9	of life. And in today's podcast, I'm going to be talking about a way that we can do that,
0:20.6	and that is having mental health days. I was asked this question recently by a reporter
0:25.4	and then a whole series of questions around it came in from people so I put a cluster
0:29.2	of questions together about mental health days, specifically for teenagers, and that's what
0:35.3	I'm going to talk about today. But just before we begin, if you want to listen to my podcast,
0:39.8	add free with bonus content and live Q&A, then subscribe to our Patreon account. The link
0:45.5	and details will be in the show notes. And as always, these podcasts offer educational
0:51.0	purposes, and if you have medical issues, please contact the appropriate medical professional.
0:56.9	And onto today's podcast. Life can be hard and it's easy to feel stressed, anxious and
1:04.7	out of control. What if there was a way to take back control? What if there was a practical
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1:23.2	This is our guided through a variation of audio and video, brain exercises and mind management
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1:32.6	guides for children and parents, detailed feedback and recommendations, written guides
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1:42.6	are over 500,000 neuropsychal users worldwide and the app has helped change thousands of
1:47.4	lives, including people trying to find purpose in life, overcoming fear, better sleep, improved
1:52.7	relationships, managing intrusive thoughts, depression and anxiety and so much more.
1:57.9	Neuropsychal is for everybody, no matter who you are, what you've been through, or what
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