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

• Tác giả: Alok Atreya, Uma D Chhetri, Ritesh G Menezes, Samata Nepal, Subha S Sainju, Saurav Shrestha
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Thông tin xuất bản: England : The Medico-legal journal , 2025
• Bộ sưu tập: NCBI
• ID: 735082

Tóm tắt

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.