Perceptions of mental health services among the children who are in conflict with the law in Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

Background: Due to the Jammu and Kashmir conflict, many teenagers are involved in disputes with the law. The conflict made generations suffer for decades. Such children made the mobs; being involved in life-threatening situations and the risk they confront develop psychiatric disorders. As a result of the various tense conditions when applied in multiple anti-social activities, aberrant children sent to correctional homes have to encounter numerous psychological disorders.

Keywords

• mental health
• perception
• children
• conflict
• post traumatic stress disorder