Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya
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| author | Mbiriri, Michael Waithima, Abraham K. Omondi, Maxwell Philip |
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| spelling | ir-123456789-35442024-02-21T16:19:12Z Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya Mbiriri, Michael Waithima, Abraham K. Omondi, Maxwell Philip Depressive Anxiety Conduct disorder Adolescents Psychiatric morbidity Published Journal Article Studies on juvenile delinquents have shown an overlap between delinquency and psychiatric disorder such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD, conduct disorders (CD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study investigated the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among adolescent girls in selected rehabilitation schools in Kenya. The study sample had a total of 78 purposely selected adolescents in the two rehabilitation schools. The research found that the overall prevalence of depression was 66.7% that of anxiety disorder was 70.5%, while the prevalence of conduct disorder was 55.1%.In addition. This article has shown high presence of psychiatric morbidity among adolescent girls, incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti rehabilitation schools. These juvenile needs mental treatment as a key rehabilitation measure. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya Development Institute, Economics and Director, Daystar University, Nairobi, Kenya School of Nursing, Mount Kenya University, Nairobi, Kenya 2021-06-08T08:30:48Z 2021-06-08T08:30:48Z 2017 Article Michael Mbiriri, Abraham K. Waithima, and Maxwell Philip Omondi, “Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya.” American Journal of Applied Psychology, vol. 5, no. 2 (2017): 57-62. doi: 10.12691/ajap-5-2-4. https://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3544 en application/pdf American Journal of Applied Psychology |
| spellingShingle | Depressive Anxiety Conduct disorder Adolescents Psychiatric morbidity Mbiriri, Michael Waithima, Abraham K. Omondi, Maxwell Philip Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya |
| title | Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya |
| title_full | Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya |
| title_short | Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya |
| title_sort | psychiatric morbidity among adolescents girls incarcerated at kirigiti and dagoretti rehabilitation schools in kenya |
| topic | Depressive Anxiety Conduct disorder Adolescents Psychiatric morbidity |
| url | https://repository.daystar.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3544 |
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