Year: 2016
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This paper is formative research concerning the state of mental health care for youth in Nairobi, Kenya. Using a mixed methods design, the objectives of this study were to identify the most prevalent mental health concerns among youth in Kenya, to explore the availability and acceptability of youth friendly mental health care services, and to explore the quality of and challenges to providing youth friendly mental health care services. Results indicate that substance abuse, conduct disorder, and family conflict may be among the most pressing mental health concerns for young people. Furthermore, while young people may be willing to seek mental health care services, they may not feel these services are available. Additional some of the major challenges to providing mental health care services are lack of governmental policy, lack of family support, and the financial burden of treatment.
Author: Rashiidah Richardson
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2520468049