This Thursday, April 24, a high school student died and three others were injured in a knife attack in his school establishment, Notre-Dame high school in Tous-Aides, in Nantes. Since then, Justin P, the suspect of the attack, has been hospitalized as a result of psychiatric exams, while researchers try to better understand their reasons for taking action.
While the young man presents himself as “depressed” or “lonely” and has already demonstrated “suicidal tendencies”, votes require better mental health care of high school students.
“Strengthen mental health care”
A few hours after the tragedy, Johanna Rolland, mayor of Nantes, had to react to the statements of the Interior Minister Bruno Retilleau sent to the scene.
Early in the day, the latter had pointed out to a “entertainment” company and a “barbarism that now affects the youngest.” Terms that the ps chosen refutes.
“Yes, there are questions to ask the mental health of the young people of this country,” said the elected official of the Franceinfo microphone.
For Apel (associations of parents of free education students), it is impossible to dissociate this attack of the many alerts “[qu’elle] It relates to the mental suffering of young people “, before calling to strengthen mental health care in all schools.
This Friday morning, Laurent Zameckowski, spokesman for the PEEP (Federation of Public Education Parents) refutes the proposals of several ministers to invest in security systems in schools.
“What we need is to have the presence of adults near the students,” said Laurent Zameckowski, in the BFMTV microphone.
Several reactions to the left
Since Thursday’s attack, several political figures have requested better listening and better psychiatric attention for young people. This Friday, April 25, Manon Aubry, MEP LFI, describes a “difficult” psychiatric subject to detect on school land. “
And to remember that on average, only a school psychologist is available for 1,500 students.
The same story for Sandrine Rousseau, interviewed this Friday morning at the South Radio Microphone. “Behind the knives, you have to see children. Children in France are very bad. […] The suicide rate or suicide attempts in young women aged 9 to 20 has increased by 570% since 2006 [il s’agit des femmes âgées de 10 à 19 ans entre 2007 et 2024, NDLR]”Remember the elected environmentalist.
For his part, former socialist prime minister Bernard Cazeneuve evokes a “very deep discomfort of youth”, asking “public officials to listen to this discomfort and try to provide the deepest and most relevant responses.”
During his general policy speech, Prime Minister François Bayrou assured his intention to make mental health a great cause in 2025.
Source: BFM TV
