Abstract:Mental health disorders and addictions affect no less than 40% of children and adolescents worldwide. One out of every ten youths is estimated to require intensive psychiatric treatment [1]. Mental disorders of the developmental period are an increasingly growing phenomenon. According to WHO, neuro-psychiatric disorders are to be the first of the 5 leading medical conditions, causes of death and disability among children in 2020 [2]. Previously observed in other countries and cultural contexts, these trends ar… Show more
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