@article{ref1,
title="Gender differences in psychiatric disorders at juvenile probation intake",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2005",
author="Wasserman, Gail A. and McReynolds, Larkin S. and Ko, Susan J. and Katz, Laura M. and Carpenter, Jennifer R.",
volume="95",
number="1",
pages="131-137",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: We identified gender differences in psychiatric disorders among youths at probation intake. METHODS: We measured disorders with the Voice Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children among 991 randomly selected youths (200 girls) at probation intake in 8 Texas counties. Logistic regression analyses predicted diagnostic clusters by gender, adjusting for demographics and offense characteristics. RESULTS: Demographic and offense characteristics explained small but interpretable and specific variance in diagnostic profile. Girls' rates of anxiety and affective disorders were higher than boys' (odds ratios = 0.59 and 0.32, respectively). Girls with violent offenses, compared with other groups, were 3 to 5 times as likely to report anxiety disorders. CONCLUSIONS: Among youths with conduct problems, girls demonstrated an elevated risk for co-occurring anxiety or affective disorder.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2003.024737",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2003.024737"
}