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Psychiatric Disorders in Youth in Juvenile Detention

Archives of General Psychiatry · 2002 · Vol. 59(12) · pp. 1133–1133
Linda A. TeplinKaren M. AbramGary M. McClellandMina K. DulcanAmy A. Mericle

Abstract

These results suggest substantial psychiatric morbidity among juvenile detainees. Youth with psychiatric disorders pose a challenge for the juvenile justice system and, after their release, for the larger mental health system.

Homelessness and Social IssuesMigration, Health and TraumaChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentSchedule for Affective Disorders and SchizophreniaPsychiatryAnxietySeparation anxiety disorderConduct disorderPrevalence of mental disordersPanic disorderPsychologyClinical psychologyGeneralized anxiety disorder

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AdolescentAge FactorsMental DisordersChildFemaleHumansIllinoisJuvenile DelinquencyMalePersonality AssessmentPrisonersSex FactorsComorbidity
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