School Mental Health Checks: City Says No

Councillors Claes Nyberg and Kristin Jacobsson (C) proposed implementing mental health screening in Stockholm's compulsory schools, including a mandatory meeting with a school counsellor in seventh grade, to identify and support students struggling with the rise in youth mental ill-health. The City Executive Board rejected the motion, stating that the city's existing student health services are already preventative and health-promoting, with health visits in first, fourth, and eighth grades, and students able to contact student health services as needed.