Psychological Disorder among Adolescent Students and its Intervention Strategies in Kenya- A Decade Review
Keywords:
Mental Health,, Students,, Adolescent,, School,, Psychological DisorderAbstract
Globally, psychological disorder is a major challenge and in Kenya 1 out of 4
persons who seek healthcare in Kenya have a mental health condition. With all
these damning statistics, the country is still struggling with providing affordable
mental health care and treatment. Due to a growing interest in psychological
disorder of adolescents in recent years and especially due to Covid-19 crisis, a
review seems timely, to demonstrate the on psychological disorder among
adolescent students in Kenya but also to identify proposed innervations measures
that should be put in place to curb psychological issues among adolescent students
in Kenya. This research looked through the databases of Google Scholar, Scopus,
Web of Science, and ScienceDirect in search of articles that had been reviewed by
experts and reported on the prevalence of psychological disorders among
adolescents in Kenya. The scope of the search was narrowed to include just
English-language articles that were published in the last ten years (2012 -2022).
Results of the study indicated that the most prevalent psychological is depression
and anxiety. Based on the findings of this study, additional research is required in
Kenyan schools to understand the psychosocial risk factors for teenage depression
in order to design therapeutic strategies. The Ministry of Education should establish
effective interventions and strategies to combat psychological issues among
adolescent students. Also, the ministry should implement proposed intervention
strategies.
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