Get Determinants Analysis On Adolescents And Vulnerable Adolescents - Unicef

However, there are factors that make a child more susceptible: age or lack of life experience, disruption to relationships and friendships, such as bereavement or moving house or schools, additional needs, such as neurodiversity or disability, adverse childhood experiences, such as trauma,

Vulnerability is defined as 'The conditions determined by physical, social, economic, and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, a community, assets, or systems to the impacts of hazards'.

Defined by the United Nations as those between the ages of 10 and 19, adolescents experience a transition period between childhood and adulthood and with it, significant growth and development.

Risk and Protective Factors for Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders in Adolescences Female gender. Early puberty. Difficult temperament: inflexibility, low positive mood, withdrawal, poor concentration. Low self-esteem, perceived incompetence, negative explanatory and inferential style. Anxiety.

Social and cultural determinants The social and cultural factors that impact child and adolescent mental health include low levels of education, poor social cohesion, and detrimental peer and family relationships.

Lack of assertiveness and poor communication skills, unequal power relationships between adolescents and adults, and lack of the maturity to make good, rational decisions increase emotional vulnerability during adolescence. Many adolescents are socioeconomically disadvantaged.

Some vulnerable groups may include children who: • are orphaned • are living without the basic necessities • are not going to school • are suffering from some type of abuse or exploitation • are facing discrimination (such as a particular ethnic group), or • are involved in exploitative labour.

Injuries (including road traffic injuries and drowning), interpersonal violence, self-harm and maternal conditions are the leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults. Half of all mental health disorders in adulthood start by age 14, but most cases are undetected and untreated.