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PSYCHIATRIC REFERRALS FROM SCOTTISH CHILDREN'S HEARINGS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY
Author(s) -
Whalley L. J.,
Robinson T. J.,
Mcisaac Mary,
Wolff Sula
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1978.tb00469.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychiatry
SUMMARY Children referred for psychiatric reports by the Scottish Children's Hearings were compared with other children known to the Reporter and with antisocial children referred to psychiatrists from other sources. The first group of children were characterized by the severity of their symptoms and family disturbance. They differed from other conduct disordered children referred to psychiatrists in being older, containing a greater excess of boys and, in the case of boys, more often coming from disrupted families with substitute fathers rather than single mothers. Associated features were very high rates of itinerant employment, criminality, excessive drinking and psychiatric pathology among the father figures and very large sibships, especially among the girls.