A person's mental health can significantly affect their everyday life for better or for worse. In recent times, it has been shown that more and more pupils have suffered from poor mental health which leads to negative consequences for their school work.

The purpose of this study was to further examine what previous research has said about mental health and its effects on grades as well as school performance. The question at issue we chose to be able to further investigate this is the following; What does previous research say about the correlation between mental health and grades as well as school achievement?

Furthermore, our method for this study was to look into precious inquiries regarding mental health and its correlation to lower grades and lower school performance. Regarding the research, we used both qualitative and quantitative articles. Also, we made sure to be source critical during the duration of this entire study. For example, we mostly used sources that came from a trustworthy database that our college Malmö University offers. The rest of the sources that were not a part of the mentioned database were carefully picked out and made sure to be trustworthy. Moreover, we took other precautions regarding being source critical such as making sure the article or book had been peer reviewed.

In relation to the results, the research showed that poor mental health in younger pupils tends to follow them when they get older. Also, getting a low grade can lead to poor mental health and having a poor mental health can lead to low grades displaying that the issue goes both ways. Some pupils may be drawn to alcohol and/or drugs when they are feeling depressed which leads to a lack of performance in school. Moreover, the research indicates that there is a “need” to get good grades and receive a higher education to be able to fit in. The pupils who lack this can therefore be looked upon as failures. To sum this up, this study can enlighten individuals on how important it is with mental health and the negative results a poor mental health can have on school performance. Finally, it is important to acknowledge that mental health can arise from other things as well, however, the study shows that school can be a factor to why pupils are feeling depressed.