@article{ref1,
title="Current and lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in juvenile borstal institution in Nigeria",
journal="Research journal of medical sciences",
year="2009",
author="Ajiboye, P.O. and Yussuf, A.D. and Issa, B.A. and Adegunloye, O.A. and Buhari, O.N.",
volume="3",
number="1",
pages="26-30",
abstract="Chronic and violent juvenile offending. has been asslociated with adverse health, educational, vocational and interpersonal consequences with repercussion seen into adulthood. Youths with mental disorders pose a challenge for the juvenile system and after their release for the larger mental health system. This study investigated current and lifetime prevalence of mental disorders in a Borstal home in Nigeria. The study is a cross-sectional, descriptive one and reports exclusively on the 53 youths, aged 14-21 years, remanded at the Juvenile Borstal Institution in Ilorin, the Kwara state Capital. The inmates were interviewed using MINI-KID. The mean age±SD of the inmates was 17.3±2.1 years. Majority of them (52.8%) were between 18-21 years of age. Current psychiatric diagnoses were made in 67.6% of them and lifetime diagnoses made in 64.2% of the inmates. Recommendation is made for early detection and treatment of these psychiatric disorders. © Medwell Journals, 2009.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1993-6095",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}