Adolescent Mental Health and Achievement in the Neoliberal School Environment

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'This important book engages with a vital, and too-often neglected area of education, the deteriorating mental health of our young people. Offering a re-imagining of schooling, it demonstrates the possibilities for a different, caring and democratic educational system where all young people can flourish.'

- Prof Diane Reay, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Cambridge

'This is a book every English parent should read before sending their children to school. Our school students are highly anxious and stressed. Using a careful and rich mix of participatory research, ethnography and social theory the book unpicks the causes of the rising incidence of mental health problems in schools. The unrelenting pressure of performance indicators central to government policy has dire consequences for the mental health of our school students. This book is provocative, shocking and important.'

- Prof Stephen J Ball, Emeritus Professor of Sociology of Education at UCL, Institute of Education

'This book offers a compelling and forensic critique of the ways in which England's neoliberal education system impacts adolescent mental health. Grounded in participatory and empirical research and informed by Foucauldian theory, Di Emidio expertly exposes the damaging contradictions that lie at the heart of government education policy and the complex and chilling way in which this influences young people's mental health.'

- Dr Bronwen MA Jones, Lecturer in Sociology at UCL, Institute of Education

'Danilo Di Emidio offers a razor-sharp, creative and powerful critique of neoliberal policy and its implications for adolescent mental health. This book is at the cutting edge of Foucauldian theory and will be essential reading for anyone interested in the 'therapeutic turn' in education.'

- Dr Patrick Bailey, University College London, IOE - Education, Practice & Society