Adolescent Behavior: Understanding in Relation to Mental Health Issues with Implication in Nursing- Review Article

Abstract

The aim of this review article was to explore the issues and concerns of adolescents with regard to their
mental health and this need for implication in nursing practice. The study materials were collected from
various sources like books, journals, online data base and news paper cuttings of last ten years 2008-2018.
Online search engines were such as PubMed/ Medline, SCOPUS, CINAHL, PsychoINFO, and Google
Scholar by search of significant articles with the following key words: “Adolescence”, “Adolescent
behavior”, “Adolescent AND mental health”. “Aggression AND Adolescence”. Further article revealed
about the need of understanding adolescent behavior and its correlates, existing practices, problems and
shortcomings in terms of adolescent behavioral issues, strategies to improve the situation and solve issues,
nursing implication with available resources to handle the situation at current scenario and to overcome the
associated mental health issues among the adolescence. Study concluded that there are various reasons due
to which adolescent behavior is affected and it requires a group of strategies to handle and overcome all
associated issues.