A Study of Criminal History among Young Adults with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders in Psychiatry Outpatient. Issue 3 (2nd July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Carlsen-Landy, David; Bolton, Coy; Baronia, Regina; McMahon, Terry; Larumbe, Eneko; McGovern, Thomas F.
• Is Part Of: Alcoholism treatment quarterly. Volume 38:Issue 3(2020)
• Page Start: 346
• Page End: 355
• Publication Date: 2020-07-02
• Subjects: Youth -- substance use -- mental illness -- justice system -- criminality -- incarceration -- arrest; Alcoholism -- Treatment -- Periodicals; 613.81
• DOI: 10.1080/07347324.2019.1700861
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0734-7324

Abstract

ABSTRACT: The goal of this study was to examine risk/protective factors to criminality in an adolescent population. Retrospective chart review was utilized to gather data on psychiatric history, substance use, and criminality among adolescent patients within a psychiatric outpatient clinic at a university school of medicine. An earlier age of psychiatric diagnosis and comorbid substance use was found to be a marked risk factor for criminality, whereas female gender and education were shown to be protective factors. These findings can aid in intervention strategies targeted at adolescents who are most at risk for criminality.