The Mental Health of African Children and Adolescents: Parents and Teachers Must Know

It has always been author passion to assist in promoting psychological and mental health among children and adolescents. To help young people with their mental health difficulties, it is very important to do extensive research into psychology and mental health of this population. Psychological and mental health problems have been assumed to be conditions among adults and therefore children and adolescents in Africa, do not generally receive appropriate care for their mental health problems. A number of young people with mental health difficulties suffer in private and do not receive professional assistance. Author therefore is writing this book to bring the attention of families, schools, churches, and community organisations to the psychological and mental health needs of young people. Health Specialists who read this book would be prompted to seek additional approaches - through invention of new medications, new psychotherapies and counseling procedures- to help young people achieve a good mental status for their daily functioning, academic work and career training.