Tejas . S

• RNS Institute of Technology

Adolescence is a developmental stage with rapid, and dynamic, biological and social changes in an individual. These changes add to the vulnerabilities for mental health morbidity. Adolescents today live and grow at the center of a layered, globalized, hyper-connected world where proximate and distal environments constantly influence each other. Par...

Background and goals. The children’s rights movement in India is relatively recent and the juvenile justice system is a young one. This article aims to provide an introduction to the juvenile justice system in India and to discuss the challenges present before it and the recent initiatives taken to address those challenges. Methods. Information was...

Global epidemiological data indicate a significant burden of child and adolescent mental health (CAMH) problems. Collating similar data from Asian countries, the majority of which have vast needs but limited resources in CAMH, will help in improving the policy-making, service development and clinical practice. A nonclinic-based English literature s...