The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 2013, para. 38
Paragraphe- Paragraph text
- The Committee is concerned by the increase in mental ill-health among adolescents, including developmental and behavioural disorders; depression; eating disorders; anxiety; psychological trauma resulting from abuse, neglect, violence or exploitation; alcohol, tobacco and drug use; obsessive behaviour, such as excessive use of and addiction to the Internet and other technologies; and self-harm and suicide. There is growing recognition of the need for increased attention for behavioural and social issues that undermine children's mental health, psychosocial wellbeing and emotional development. The Committee cautions against over-medicalization and institutionalization, and urges States to undertake an approach based on public health and psychosocial support to address mental ill-health among children and adolescents and to invest in primary care approaches that facilitate the early detection and treatment of children's psychosocial, emotional and mental problems.
- Status juridique
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Organe
- Committee on the Rights of the Child
- Type de document
- General Comment / Recommendation
- Mode d'adoption
- N.A.
- Thèmes
- Equality & Inclusion
- Health
- Personnes concernées
- Adolescents
- Children
- Année
- 2013
- Type de paragraphe
- Other
- Reference
- CRC General Comment No. 15, The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health (2013), para. 38.
- Paragraph number
- 38
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