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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Main Authors: Apollo Kivumbi, William Byansi, Fred M. Ssewamala, Nabunya Proscovia, Christopher Damulira, Phionah Namatovu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13034-019-0273-4