TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - Adult criminality among formerly hospitalized child psychiatric patients
JO  - Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
A1  - Lundy, M. S.
A1  - Pfohl, B. M.
A1  - Kuperman, Sam
SP  - 568
EP  - 576
VL  - 32
IS  - 3
N2  - Among 170 preadolescent children (138 males, 32 females) admitted to the University of Iowa Psychiatric Hospital between 1970 and 1983, 23 males (17%), had adult prison records at follow-up in 1990. Assaultive behavior in childhood predicted adult imprisonment (odds ratio = 4.96, 95% confidence interval 1.8-13.8, p = 0.002), as did criminality in a biological parent (odds ratio = 4.0, 95% confidence interval 1.3-12.4, p = 0.015). Diagnosis, including conduct disorder, was not correlated with outcome. Among these young children, male gender, violence, and parental criminality identified persons at high risk for adult imprisonment. Psychiatric hospitalization in childhood is a risk for adult disturbance, including sociopathy.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0890-8567
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -