Shows increased mental health issues in boys linked to community violence exposure in South Africa, highlighting urgent need for interventions.
Teenagers growing up in South Africa are exposed to some of the highest rates of violence in the world. Focusing on a sample of adolescents who accessed mental health care in the Western Cape, a team of researchers, led by Dr Geri Donenberg of the University of Illinois at Chicago, found that exposure to violence was linked to mental-health problems in boys.
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