Atilola O, Abiri G, Ola B
Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria; email
Child and Adolescent Unit, Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
BJPsych Int. 2019 Feb;16(1):19-21. doi: 10.1192/bji.2017.37.
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.
为少年司法系统中的青少年提供心理健康服务仍然是当代全球讨论的一个话题。为了引入资源匮乏地区的观点,我们审视了尼日利亚少年司法系统中一些全球化心理健康服务模式目前存在的局限性。文中强调了为促进现代心理健康和服务而重新调整该系统所需的重要多系统步骤。