The Nigerian juvenile justice system: from warehouse to uncertain quest for appropriate youth mental health service model.

Journal: BJPsych international

Volume: 16

Issue: 1

Year of Publication: 

Affiliated Institutions:  Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; email draromedics@yahoo.com. Child and Adolescent Unit, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.

Abstract summary 

Mental health service provision for youth within the juvenile justice system remains a topic of contemporary global discourse. To bring perspectives from under-resourced regions, we examine the current limitations of some globalised models for mental health services within the juvenile justice system in Nigeria. The important multi-systemic steps needed to reposition the system for modern mental health promotion and services are highlighted.

Authors & Co-authors:  Atilola O O Abiri G G Ola B B

Study Outcome 

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Citations :  Alcorn T. (2014) Rethinking mental health care for young offenders. The Lancet, 383, 1283–1284.
Authors :  3
Identifiers
Doi : 10.1192/bji.2017.37
SSN : 2056-4740
Study Population
Male,Female
Mesh Terms
Other Terms
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Approach
Country of Study
Niger
Publication Country
England