Utilizing a family-based economic strengthening intervention to improve mental health wellbeing among female adolescent orphans in Uganda
Abstract Background It is estimated that almost 20% of the world’s adolescents have experienced or are experiencing a mental health problem. Several factors have been associated with the onset of adolescent mental health disorders, including poverty, child abuse and violence, particularly among adol...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-03-01
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Series: | Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health |
Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13034-019-0273-4 |