Exposure to community violence increases teen boys' risk for mental illness
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Teagle
KEYWORDS: BOYS, CAPE FLATS, VIOLENCE, YOUTH GANGS
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11703
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/16020
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/16020
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): A.Teagle
KEYWORDS: BOYS, CAPE FLATS, VIOLENCE, YOUTH GANGS
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11703
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/16020
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/16020
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Abstract
Teenagers growing up in South Africa are exposed to some of the highest rates of violence in the world. Focusing on a sample of adolescents who accessed mental health care in the Western Cape, a team of researchers, led by Dr Geri Donenberg of the University of Illinois at Chicago, found that exposure to violence was linked to mental-health problems in boys.-
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