Atilola O, Abiri G, Ola B
Lecturer, Department of Behavioural Medicine, Lagos State University College of Medicine, Lagos, Nigeria. Email:
Senior registrar, Child and Adolescent Unit, Federal Neuro Psychiatric Hospital, Lagos, Nigeria.
BJPsych Int. 2022 May;19(2):E4. doi: 10.1192/bji.2017.14.
Mental health services for youths within the juvenile justice system remain a 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 adapt the system for modern mental health promotion and services are highlighted.
少年司法系统内针对青少年的心理健康服务仍是当代全球讨论的话题。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内一些全球化心理健康服务模式目前存在的局限性。文中强调了使该系统适应现代心理健康促进与服务所需的重要、多系统步骤。