Mental illness and juvenile delinquency
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Psychiatric Quarterly
- Vol. 54 (4) , 247-253
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01064820
Abstract
A review of some of the studies of the usefulness of psychiatric treatment in delinquent populations is presented. Some suggestions are made as to elements of the history and of the psychiatric examination that may predict for success in psychiatric treatment. Some psychiatric syndromes commonly encountered in delinquent populations are briefly described.Keywords
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