‘The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012’ in Clinical Settings
Many of us feel overwhelmed while handling a child abuse case in a busy outpatient unit. Though ‘The Protection of children from sexual offences act, 2012’ is strictly in action now, it possesses a lot of imperfections which challenges its effective implementation. This article highlights the streng...
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doaj-fd903793d6af4637ac74dfd9ae86add42020-11-25T01:50:11ZengIndian Psychiatric Society (Kerala State BranchKerala Journal of Psychiatry0377-06992395-14862018-11-013129910410.30834/KJP.31.2.2019.166 ‘The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO), 2012’ in Clinical SettingsAloka Joy 0Manoj Kumar Therayil 1Vasudevan VT Namboodiri 2Institute for mind and brain, ThrissurHonorary Director, Institute for mind and brain, Thrissur; Consultant Psychiatrist, St George Hospital Stafford, UK ; Senior Lecturer, keele University, UK Institute for mind and brainMany of us feel overwhelmed while handling a child abuse case in a busy outpatient unit. Though ‘The Protection of children from sexual offences act, 2012’ is strictly in action now, it possesses a lot of imperfections which challenges its effective implementation. This article highlights the strengths of the act and at the same time reflects the ethical and legal dilemmas we usually encounter in our day to day practice.http://kjponline.com/index.php/kjp/article/view/166child sexual abusepocsochallenges |
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Many of us feel overwhelmed while handling a child abuse case in a busy outpatient unit. Though ‘The Protection of children from sexual offences act, 2012’ is strictly in action now, it possesses a lot of imperfections which challenges its effective implementation. This article highlights the strengths of the act and at the same time reflects the ethical and legal dilemmas we usually encounter in our day to day practice. |
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