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Emerging Stressors and the Mental Health Burden on Kenyan Youth Amid Political Instability, Climate Change, and COVID-19

2025-11-25

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<p>Background: Adolescents in Kenya face an escalating mental health burden amid intersecting global and local crises, including political instability, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, previous research has been limited in geographic scope and often overlooks how broader societal stressors beyond school influence adolescent wellbeing. <h4>Objectives:</h4> This study examined the prevalence of de...

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