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Mental health problems and their association to violence and maltreatment in a nationally representative sample of Tanzanian secondary school students.

Mabula NkubaKatharin HermenauKatharina GoessmannTobias Hecker
Published in: Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology (2018)
Our findings suggest a high prevalence of mental health problems using screening tools among secondary school students in Tanzania as well as an association between physical violence by parents and adolescents' mental health problems. Our findings emphasize the need to inform the population at large about the potentially adverse consequences associated with violence against children and adolescents.
Keyphrases
  • mental health
  • mental illness
  • adverse drug