SAMVAD, (Support, Advocacy & Mental health interventions for children in Vulnerable circumstances And Distress), Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, India.
Athena Institute, Vrije University (VU), Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2021 Dec;66:102907. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2021.102907. Epub 2021 Oct 26.
The dilemma of adolescent consent confounds dispensation of justice in child sexual abuse and juvenile justice contexts, with legal personnel struggling to discern between consent and coercion in cases of adolescents who are sexually abused and those who are accused of alleged sexual offences. Given that capacities for consent also determine personal safety and mental health, there is an imperative to build a child mental health research agenda for developing methodologies that incorporate psychological knowledge on abuse dynamics, adolescent mental health and development, vulnerability and risk, to assess adolescent sexual consent and sexual decision-making processes.
青少年同意的困境在儿童性虐待和少年司法背景下混淆了司法裁决，法律人员在处理被性虐待的青少年和被指控涉嫌性犯罪的青少年时，难以辨别同意和胁迫。鉴于同意能力也决定了个人安全和心理健康，因此必须制定儿童心理健康研究议程，制定方法，纳入关于虐待动态、青少年心理健康和发展、脆弱性和风险的心理知识，以评估青少年的性同意和性决策过程。
