The COVID‐19 pandemic has highlighted existing gaps in school‐based mental health services and created new and urgent needs to address student mental health. Evidence from early in the pandemic already suggests that preexisting educational and mental health disparities have increased under the stress of the current health crisis. School mental health professionals are essential to help address anxiety, to promote social adjustment in the 'new normal', and to address trauma, grief, and loss. Schools will also need to creatively support teachers during this unprecedented time. Such efforts will require adequate funding and advocacy for the inclusion of school‐based mental health supports within governmental COVID‐19 aid packages.

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辩论：学生心理健康问题–在COVID-19时代对基于学校的心理健康的需求增加

COVID-19大流行病凸显了学校心理健康服务中的现有差距，并提出了解决学生心理健康的新紧迫需求。大流行初期的证据已经表明，在当前健康危机的压力下，先前存在的教育和精神卫生差距有所增加。学校精神卫生专业人员对于帮助解决焦虑症，促进“新常态”下的社会适应以及解决创伤，悲伤和损失至关重要。在这一空前的时间里，学校还需要创造性地支持教师。这些努力将需要足够的资金和倡导，以将基于学校的心理健康支持纳入政府的COVID-19援助计划中。