Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, Faculty of Medicine, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Department, 06306, Ankara, Turkey.
Asian J Psychiatr. 2019 Jun;43:45-49. doi: 10.1016/j.ajp.2019.05.010. Epub 2019 May 3.
This study investigates the frequency of psychiatric disorders and the sociodemographic and clinical features in adolescent prisoners.
The psychiatric diagnoses and sociodemographic characteristics of treatment of 76 adolescent male prisoners and 76 age-matched patients were compared (age range: 15-17).
Conduct disorder (85.5%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (61.8%), depression (50%), substance abuse (40.8%), post-traumatic stress disorder (19.7%), and psychotic disorder (3.9%) were more frequent among adolescent prisoners than the control group. The educational levels of parents of adolescent prisoners and their socioeconomic statuses were significantly lower, and the nonsuicidal self-injury (73.7%) and tattooing frequency (65.8%) were significantly higher among adolescent prisoners than the control group. Only 51.3% had both parents living together.
Psychiatric disorders, low socioeconomic status, family disorganization, nonsuicidal self-injury, tattoos, and interruption of education were frequent in adolescent prisoners in this study. Our findings emphasize the importance of early psychiatric treatment and family-based interventions to help prevent adolescents from committing crimes. In addition, nonsuicidal self-injury and tattoos may be associated with criminal behavior in adolescents.
本研究旨在调查青少年犯人群体中心理障碍的发生频率，以及其社会人口学和临床特征。
将 76 名青少年男性犯人和 76 名年龄匹配的对照组患者（年龄范围：15-17 岁）的精神科诊断和社会人口学特征进行比较。
与对照组相比，品行障碍（85.5%）、注意缺陷多动障碍（61.8%）、抑郁（50%）、物质滥用（40.8%）、创伤后应激障碍（19.7%）和精神病性障碍（3.9%）在青少年犯人群体中更为常见。青少年犯人的父母受教育程度和社会经济地位明显较低，非自杀性自伤（73.7%）和纹身频率（65.8%）明显高于对照组。仅有 51.3%的青少年犯人的父母共同生活。
本研究中，青少年犯人群体中存在精神障碍、社会经济地位低、家庭结构混乱、非自杀性自伤、纹身和教育中断等问题。我们的研究结果强调了早期精神科治疗和以家庭为基础的干预的重要性，以帮助预防青少年犯罪。此外，非自杀性自伤和纹身可能与青少年的犯罪行为有关。
