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Gender differences in psychiatric disorders at juvenile probation intake

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  • Wasserman, G.A.
  • McReynolds, L.S.
  • Ko, S.J.
  • Katz, L.M.
  • Carpenter, J.R.

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Objective. We identified gender differences in psychiatric disorders among youths at probation intake. Methods. We measured disorders with the Voice Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children among 991 randomly selected youths (200 girls) at probation intake in 8 Texas counties. Logistic regression analyses predicted diagnostic clusters by gender, adjusting for demographics and offense characteristics. Results. Demographic and offense characteristics explained small but interpretable and specific variance in diagnostic profile. Girls' rates of anxiety and affective disorders were higher than boys' (odds ratios = 0.59 and 0.32, respectively). Girls with violent offenses, compared with other groups, were 3 to 5 times as likely to report anxiety disorders. Conclusions. Among youths with conduct problems, girls demonstrated an elevated risk for co-occurring anxiety or affective disorder.

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  • Wasserman, G.A. & McReynolds, L.S. & Ko, S.J. & Katz, L.M. & Carpenter, J.R., 2005. "Gender differences in psychiatric disorders at juvenile probation intake," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 95(1), pages 131-137.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2003.024737_5
    DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2003.024737
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    1. Jewell, Jeremy D. & Brown, Danice L. & Smith, Gail & Thompson, Ronald, 2010. "Examining the influence of caregiver ethnicity on youth placed in out of home care: Ethnicity matters - for some," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 32(10), pages 1278-1284, October.
    2. Van Damme, Lore & Hoeve, Machteld & Vanderplasschen, Wouter & Vermeiren, Robert & Grisso, Thomas & Colins, Olivier F., 2015. "Detained girls' treatment engagement over time: The role of psychopathology and quality of life," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 59(C), pages 47-56.
    3. Zajac, Kristyn & Sheidow, Ashli J. & Davis, Maryann, 2015. "Juvenile justice, mental health, and the transition to adulthood: A review of service system involvement and unmet needs in the U.S," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 139-148.
    4. Lore Van Damme & Clare-Ann Fortune & Stijn Vandevelde & Wouter Vanderplasschen & Olivier F. Colins, 2021. "A Qualitative Study on Young Women’s Lives Prior to and Four Years after Youth Detention: Examining the Good Lives Model’s Aetiological Assumptions," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(22), pages 1-32, November.

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