Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 14 No. 4 (2020): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Adolescent Behavior: Understanding in Relation to Mental Health Issues with Implication in Nursing- Review Article

Srinivasan.P1 , R. Sreevani2 (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Oct 2020

Abstract

The aim of this review article was to explore the issues and concerns of adolescents with regard to theirmental health and this need for implication in nursing practice. The study materials were collected fromvarious sources like books, journals, online data base and news paper cuttings of last ten years 2008-2018.Online search engines were such as PubMed/ Medline, SCOPUS, CINAHL, PsychoINFO, and GoogleScholar by search of significant articles with the following key words: “Adolescence”, “Adolescentbehavior”, “Adolescent AND mental health”. “Aggression AND Adolescence”. Further article revealedabout the need of understanding adolescent behavior and its correlates, existing practices, problems andshortcomings in terms of adolescent behavioral issues, strategies to improve the situation and solve issues,nursing implication with available resources to handle the situation at current scenario and to overcome theassociated mental health issues among the adolescence. Study concluded that there are various reasons dueto which adolescent behavior is affected and it requires a group of strategies to handle and overcome allassociated issues.

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