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Citation |
Gosden NP, Kramp P, Gabrielsen G, Andersen TF, Sestoft D. Int. J. Law Psychiatry 2006; 29(3): 186-194. |
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Affiliation |
Clinic of Forensic Psychiatry, Ministry of Justice, Blegdamsvej 6B, 2, DK-2200 N, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing) |
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16503353 |
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Abstract |
This study describes associations between mental disorders and charges of violence among remanded adolescents. 100 15-17 year old boys from East Denmark, consecutively remanded during one year, were interviewed with SCAN, K-SADS and SCID-II to obtain past year ICD-10 diagnoses. There was no statistically significant association between the occurrence of a violent charge and mental disorders in general (OR=1.02, 95% confidence interval (CI)[0.24; 4.38]). An association was found between violent charge and non-Danish ethnicity (OR=7.58, [1.60; 35.92]). Previously reported association between violence and mental disorder among adults were not replicated in this male adolescent remand population. A developmental hypothesis is proposed. |