Incidence of depressive symptoms among sexually abused children in Kenya

• Main Authors: Teresia Mutavi (Author), Anne Obondo (Author), Donald Kokonya (Author), Lincoln Khasakhala (Author), Anne Mbwayo (Author), Francis Njiri (Author), Muthoni Mathai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Children who experience sexual abuse undergo various negative psychosocial outcomes such as depressive symptoms. Unfortunately, not many studies have been conducted on the incidence of depressive symptoms among sexually abused children in Kenya. This study sought to ascertain the...