@article{ref1,
title="High prevalence of nonsuicidal self-injury, tattoos, and psychiatric comorbidity among male adolescent prisoners and their sociodemographic characteristics",
journal="Asian journal of psychiatry",
year="2019",
author="Ceylan, Mehmet Fatih and Tural Hesapcioglu, Selma and Kasak, Meryem and Yavas, Cansu Pınar",
volume="43",
number="",
pages="45-49",
abstract="BACKGROUND: This study investigates the frequency of psychiatric disorders and the sociodemographic and clinical features in adolescent prisoners. <br><br>METHOD: The psychiatric diagnoses and sociodemographic characteristics of treatment of 76 adolescent male prisoners and 76 age-matched patients were compared (age range: 15-17). <br><br>RESULTS: Conduct disorder (85.5%), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (61.8%), depression (50%), substance abuse (40.8%), post-traumatic stress disorder (19.7%), and psychotic disorder (3.9%) were more frequent among adolescent prisoners than the control group. The educational levels of parents of adolescent prisoners and their socioeconomic statuses were significantly lower, and the nonsuicidal self-injury (73.7%) and tattooing frequency (65.8%) were significantly higher among adolescent prisoners than the control group. Only 51.3% had both parents living together. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Psychiatric disorders, low socioeconomic status, family disorganization, nonsuicidal self-injury, tattoos, and interruption of education were frequent in adolescent prisoners in this study. Our findings emphasize the importance of early psychiatric treatment and family-based interventions to help prevent adolescents from committing crimes. In addition, nonsuicidal self-injury and tattoos may be associated with criminal behavior in adolescents.<br><br>Copyright © 2019. Published by Elsevier B.V.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1876-2018",
doi="10.1016/j.ajp.2019.05.010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2019.05.010"
}