Mental health of young offenders in Switzerland: Recognizing psychiatric symptoms during detention.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_3C877623AAAE
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Mental health of young offenders in Switzerland: Recognizing psychiatric symptoms during detention.
Journal
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Author(s)
Gisin D., Haller D.M., Cerutti B., Wolff H., Bertrand D., Sebo P., Heller P., Niveau G., Eytan A.
ISSN
1878-7487 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1752-928X
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
19
Number
6
Pages
332-336
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal ArticlePublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
We reviewed the medical records of the 118 adolescent detainees which had at least one consultation by a psychiatrist at the prison health facility during 2007. General practitioners used the International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC-2) for recording health problems. Psychiatrists used the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) for making psychiatric diagnoses. The concordance between the mental health assessment done by general practitioners using the ICPC-2 and the diagnoses proposed by psychiatrists was globally satisfying. The five most frequent ICD categories (conduct disorder, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, personality disorder, adjustment disorder) encompassed the most frequently reported ICPC-2 psychological symptoms. Several associations between psychological symptoms and socio-demographic characteristics were observed. Apart from providing a description of the mental health of adolescent detainees in one of Switzerland's largest detention centre for minors, results suggest that general practitioners can adequately identify frequent mental disorders in such contexts.
Keywords
Adolescent, Child, Female, General Practitioners, Humans, Juvenile Delinquency, Male, Mental Disorders/diagnosis, Mental Disorders/epidemiology, Mental Health, Prisoners/statistics & numerical data, Retrospective Studies, Sex Distribution, Switzerland/epidemiology, Young Adult
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