Mental Health: Pustakawan dan Perpustakaan Sekolah Dalam Menanggulangi Kasus Bullying di Sekolah

Schools, which are highlighted as educational places for human character building, have great potential to produce acts of bullying.Bullying cases that are rampant today, the majority of adherents are students.According to Olweus (1999), bullying is a psychosocial problem that is perpetrated by repeatedly demeaning and insulting others to weaker parties.This will have a negative impact on the victim of bullying, where the victim will feel traumatized, inferior, afraid of social interaction, mentally disturbed, and others.A statement from the Minister of Education and Research, Nadiem Makarim, was quoted from liputan6.comwhere he said that he would eradicate the three big sins in the national education system, namely intolerance, bullying, and sexual harassment.This makes it even clearer the importance of this case to be tackled.The school library as part of the educational facilities supporting learning and teaching activities has a very important role in spurring the achievement of educational goals in schools.Along with the above statement, the library is one of the important parts of the school to combat bullying cases that occur.This is due to the function and purpose of the library itself in realizing and supporting the learning process at school.Since the second world war, bibliotherapy method is considered as an effective treatment in overcoming trauma or other mental problems.This paper will explore several things related to the definition, impact and treatment of bullying and how librarians and libraries play a role in tackling bullying cases that occur in schools.