Chainama Hospital says cases linked to substance abuse, depression, and emotional or physical abuse
CHRISTINE CHIHAME
Lusaka
MORE than 1,035 children aged between 10 and 18 were treated for mental illnesses at Lusaka’s Chainama Hills Hospital last year, with cases linked to substance abuse, depression, anxiety, and emotional or physical abuse.
Hospital assistant public relations officer Obed Kunda revealed that the figures were recorded between April and December 2025, following the opening of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Clinic, a unit dedicated to young patients….https://enews.daily-mail.co.zm/welcome/home
