Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya

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Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya

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dc.contributor.author Mbiriri, Michael
dc.contributor.author Waithima, Abraham K.
dc.contributor.author Omondi, Maxwell Philip
dc.date.accessioned 2021-06-08T08:30:48Z
dc.date.available 2021-06-08T08:30:48Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.citation 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. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3544
dc.description Published Journal Article en_US
dc.description.abstract 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. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship 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 en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher American Journal of Applied Psychology en_US
dc.subject Depressive en_US
dc.subject Anxiety en_US
dc.subject Conduct disorder en_US
dc.subject Adolescents en_US
dc.subject Psychiatric morbidity en_US
dc.title Psychiatric Morbidity among Adolescents Girls Incarcerated at Kirigiti and Dagoretti Rehabilitation Schools in Kenya en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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