If you need to be “flexible” because “who knows what the future will bring?”, what point is there in acquiring any expertise? Stephen J DeckerChartered psychologist, Chelmsford• Your front-page report on depression risk for bright girls and girls from poor families (19 May) made painful reading. They are referred to as students from a young age – where has their childhood gone? We are mourning a young schoolgirl in her early teens and two male university students, from one school and in a two-year time frame. We don’t need to fund more studies, we need to address the pressures at school and university, urgently.

Source: The Guardian May 28, 2018 16:07 UTC