@article{ref1,
title="Prevalence of mental disorders among 15-17-year-old male adolescent remand prisoners in Denmark",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="2003",
author="Gosden, Niels Patrick and Kramp, P. and Gabrielsen, G. and Sestoft, D.",
volume="107",
number="2",
pages="102-110",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To determine the past year prevalence of mental disorders of 15-17-year-old adolescent remand prisoners in east Denmark. METHOD: One hundred 15-17-year-old boys from east Denmark consecutively remanded during 1 year were interviewed with diagnostic instruments to obtain ICD-10 diagnoses. All were screened in The Danish Psychiatric Case Register and The Danish Criminal Register. RESULTS: Past year prevalence of 'any mental disorder' was 69%, substance use disorders 41%. Two per cent had schizophrenia and 2% schizotypal disorder. Thirty-six per cent had 'probable personality disorder'. Conduct disorder was found in 31% and 1% had a hyperkinetic disorder. Ten per cent had previous registered psychiatric contact. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of mental disorders was found substantially higher compared with literature of population-based samples. With an association between mental disorders and violence, early detection and treatment of mental disorders in adolescent delinquents is of importance in the prevention of violence.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}