Children on the brink: Risks for child protection, sexual abuse, and related mental health problems in the COVID-19 pandemic
| Autor: | Sheila Ramaswamy, Shekhar P. Seshadri |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
| Předmět: |
economic crises
COVID-19 sexual abuse Human sexuality Review Article Mental health Child labour children at risk 030227 psychiatry Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Psychiatry and Mental health 0302 clinical medicine Child protection Sexual abuse Child marriage Child sexual abuse 030212 general & internal medicine Psychology Psychosocial mental health |
| Zdroj: | Indian Journal of Psychiatry |
| ISSN: | 1998-3794 0019-5545 |
| Popis: | In developing contexts such as India, children in adversity form a high-risk group, one that cannot be subsumed under the general category of children, who are generally considered as a vulnerable group in disaster and crisis situations. Child mental health issues in contexts of protection risks and childhood adversity tend to be over-looked in such crises. This article focuses on examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and its socio-economic consequences on children in adversity, describing the increased child protection and psychosocial risks they are placed at, during and in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis and its lockdown situation. It specifically links the lockdown and the ensuing economic issues to sexuality and abuse-related risks, as occur in contexts of child labour, child sex work and trafficking, child marriage and child sexual abuse, and that result in immediate and long-term mental health problems in children. It proposes a disaster risk reduction lens to offer recommendations to address the emerging child protection, psychosocial and mental health concerns. |
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