Kashani J H, Henrichs T F, Reid J C, Huff C
Adolescence. 1982 Winter;17(68):943-9.
Eighteen percent of the 120 delinquent boys in a training school were found to be depressed when DSM III criteria for Major Depressive Disorder were utilitzed. Contrary to expectations, the prevalence of depression was not significantly more frequent among socialized, undersocialized, aggressive or nonaggressive subtypes. A comparison of depressive symptomatology among the depressed and nondepressed delinquents revealed that psychomotor agitation was not significantly different in the two groups. Over one-third of all parents were depressed and the authors suggest that this could be a contributory factor in the development of delinquency.
一所培训学校中120名违法青少年里，有18%在采用《精神疾病诊断与统计手册》第三版中重度抑郁症的标准时被判定为抑郁。与预期相反，在社交型、社交不足型、攻击型或非攻击型亚型中，抑郁症的患病率并没有显著更高。对抑郁和非抑郁违法青少年的抑郁症状进行比较后发现，两组的精神运动性激越并无显著差异。超过三分之一的家长患有抑郁症，作者认为这可能是导致青少年违法犯罪的一个因素。
