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

Article Article scientifique Article Mental health of young offenders in Switzerland: Recognizing psychiatric symptoms during detention eng 2012 author Gisin Dimitri 555217 author Haller Dagmar M. 0000-0003-1781-3318 549986 author Cerutti Bernard 0000-0002-7929-3373 649363 author Wolff Hans 45574 author Bertrand Dominique 30585 author Seboe Paul 45687 author Heller Patrick 772722 author Niveau Gérard 125863 author Eytan Ariel 68726 332-336 10.1016/j.jflm.2012.02.013 22847050 1752-928X 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. Adolescent Child Female General Practitioners Humans Juvenile Delinquency Male Mental Disorders/diagnosis/epidemiology Mental Health Prisoners/statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Sex Distribution Switzerland/epidemiology Young Adult Dewey 613 Dewey 616.89 60 Département de psychiatrie 225 64 Département de santé et médecine communautaires 22A false 16 Groupe Jean-Michel Gaspoz 23 958 Médecine interne générale et pédiatrie ambulatoires 968 Journal of forensic and legal medicine 19 6 2633b771-0ab5-4c00-84ff-df121577c9a2 Article (Published version) Restricted Gisin D_2012_J Forensic Leg Med.pdf 223023 application/pdf restrictedAccess Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de psychiatrie Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires

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