This volume is replete with truths about the mental well-being of children in state schools, about creating a school culture where everyone can, not just survive, but thrive, and about living in the shadow of manic depression. The author interweaves his personal experience of a childhood traumatised by his mother's manic depression with his strategies for turning the tide of students' mental health problems and surviving as a head teacher in a climate where you are only as good as your last set of examination results. He addresses the growing issue of children's mental health issues with...