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Adolescents in custody: hidden psychological morbidity?
Author(s) -
Kosky Robert J,
Sawyer Michael G,
Gowland Johanna C
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1990.tb125458.x
Subject(s) - checklist , child behavior checklist , psychology , psychiatry , remand (court procedure) , medicine , clinical psychology , political science , supreme court , law , cognitive psychology
Seventy‐eight adolescents admitted to Adelaide's youth remand centre provided social data and completed the Youth Self Report (YSR) checklist. Most came from chaotic social backgrounds and were without education or family support. Nearly 4O°/o of remanded adolescents scored above the recommended cut‐off scores of the YSR, a figure four times greater than that found among adolescents living in the community. This figure was comparable with that reported by adolescents attending child psychiatric services in Adelaide.