Prevalence of violence in a clinical sample of adolescent patients visiting a child and adolescent psychiatric outpatient clinic in Nepal
The study demonstrates high prevalence of multiple forms of violence among adolescent psychiatric patients, calling for increased awareness of child violence in young patients admitted to mental health institutions in Nepal.
Authors
- N. R. Devkota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6493-7244)
- Rampukar Sah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5131-8172)
- Anne Cecilie Javo
- Jasmine Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6374-1039)
- Ketil Lenert Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-9200)
- Per Håkan Brøndbo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2965-4249)
- Bjørn Helge Handegård (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8982-668X)
Institutions
- Patan Hospital (NP)
- Karasjok Kommune (NO)
- Kanti Children's Hospital (NP)
- Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Norway (NO)
- Center for Molecular Dynamics - Nepal (NP)
- UiT The Arctic University of Norway (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-10-31
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335396
- Primary Topic
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00