Delinquency and association with behavioral disorders and substance abuse

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira

Gustavo Manoel Schier Dória¹  Sérgio Antonio Antoniuk¹  Francisco Baptista Assumpção Junior¹  Daniele Nascimento Fajardo¹  Maurício Nasser Ehlke¹ 

关键词: adolescent;    juvenile delinquency;    attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity;    conduct disorder;    substance-related disorders;    adolescente;    delinquência juvenil;    transtorno do déficit de atenção com hiperatividade;    transtorno de conduta;    transtornos relacionados ao uso de substâncias;   

DOI  :  10.1590/1806-9282.61.01.051

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Objective: to determine the incidence and associations of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), and substance abuse disorder (SAD) in adolescents in conflict with the law in a Brazilian cohort. Methods: the Brazilian version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged-Children (K-SADS-PL) was administered to 69 adolescent boys who were incarcerated for 45 days in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. Results: mean age was 15.5 years (range, 12-16.9 years) and most adolescents originated from disadvantaged social classes (87%). They resided in neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city or towns in the greater metropolitan area. Truancy and low educational achievement were common, with 73.9% not currently attending school and 43.4% not having finished the 5th grade. The great majority lived in single-parent families and many had relatives who themselves had problems with the law. Psychiatric disorders were apparent in 81.1% of the subjects, with the most common disorders being CD (59.4%), SAD (53.6%), and ADHD (43.5%). Both ADHD (p <0.001) and CD (p <0.01) had significant associations with substance abuse. Conclusion: in male adolescents in conflict with the law, ADHD, CD, and SAD were all found to be associated with delinquency.

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