Abstract
A lot of children in the world suffer from untreated mental health problems. The global burdens of mental illness are high but promoting compressive care services are neglected in most countries. The objective of this review journal was to discover access and barriers to mental health care services for the orphan and vulnerable children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The systematic review was used to collect and analyze a relevant information from Global Health, PubMed, Google Scholar, Clinical Social Work Abstracts, Summon, WHO, PsychInfo Ethiopian Universities, and NIH data sources. Many research journals published after 2001 were identified and analyzed based on meeting inclusion and exclusion criteria as well as quality standards. The barriers associated to finance, logistic, stigma and traditional beliefs, and perceptions towards mental health problems and treatment. Children mental health care services are poorly understood, not adequately addressed, not assessment based, and incomprehensive rather it is based on traditional practices.
Highlights
Nowadays, a children mental health problem has become a hot research issue
The objective of the review journal was to realize the access to mental health care services for the orphan and vulnerable children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Most Ethiopian community members’ believed that the causes of mental illness are focused on the supernatural phenomenon and its treatment practices associated with religions and traditional medicines
Summary
A children mental health problem has become a hot research issue. Mental health service is a fresh and growing research area. Mental health should be a responsibility for all of the societal members, rather than only for those who experience a mental illness. Mental health problems are affecting a whole society, not just a small members those mentally ill. Children mental health care service is about enhancing competencies of children and enabling them to achieve their self-determined goals. It involves professional activities for the well-being of children in whom every child realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully [14]. It is a care that able to make a contribution to children personal life and community at large
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