Shanok S S, Lewis D O
Am J Psychiatry. 1977 Oct;134(10):1130-3. doi: 10.1176/ajp.134.10.1130.
The authors compared the psychiatric symptoms, socioeconomic status, family structure, family size, and occurrence of treated parental mental illness in 136 children referred to a juvenile court and 82 children referred to a child guidance clinic. The prevalence of psychiatric and organic symptoms and treated parental psychopathology in both groups of children did not differ significantly. Juvenile court clinic children, however, tended to come from larger families and to lack a biological mother in the home. The authors explore explanations for the routing of sick children to the juvenile court rather than to a treatment facility.
作者比较了转介至少年法庭的136名儿童和转介至儿童指导诊所的82名儿童的精神症状、社会经济地位、家庭结构、家庭规模以及接受治疗的父母精神疾病的发生率。两组儿童中精神症状和器质性症状的患病率以及接受治疗的父母精神病理学情况并无显著差异。然而，少年法庭诊所的儿童往往来自大家庭，且家中缺少亲生母亲。作者探讨了患病儿童被转介至少年法庭而非治疗机构的原因。
