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Volume 40, Issue 3, March 2011

Bullying Effects, prevalence and strategies for detection

Michael Carr-Gregg Ramesh Manocha
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Background
The mental, physical, social and academic consequences of bullying have an enormous impact on human and social capital.
Objective
This article describes the effects and prevalence of bullying on young people and presents strategies for its detection. Strategies for the facilitation of a multidisciplinary approach to bullying in adolescents are also presented.
Discussion
Given the existing high rate of bullying, assessment should be incorporated into a standard psychosocial screening routine in the general practitioner’s clinic. Effective management is a multidisciplinary effort, involving parents, teachers and school officials, the GP, and mental health professionals. Given the variable effectiveness of schools in tackling bullying, GPs play an important role in identifying at risk patients, screening for psychiatric comorbidities, counselling families about the problem, and advocating for bullying prevention in their communities.

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