Suicide attempts due to child abuse: A perspective into the Nepalese legal framework and societal norms-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Suicide attempts due to child abuse: A perspective into the Nepalese legal framework and societal norms

Published:2023-04-24 Issue: Volume: Page:002581722311634
ISSN:0025-8172
Container-title:Medico-Legal Journal
language:en
Short-container-title:Med Leg J

Author:

Atreya Alok¹,Chhetri Uma D²,Shrestha Saurav²,Menezes Ritesh G³,Nepal Samata⁴,Sainju Subha S²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal

2. Department of Paediatrics, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal

3. College of Medicine, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

4. Department of Community Medicine, Lumbini Medical College, Palpa, Nepal

Abstract

Children who experience violence are more prone to develop high-risk behaviour, mental illness and anxiety disorder. Nepalese law is against any form of physical violence but corporal punishment by parents on children continues in patriarchal Nepalese society. We describe a case of a young boy who attempted suicide twice due to maltreatment and discuss the legal and social issues involved.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

General Medicine

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00258172231163435

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