TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Gender differences in psychiatric disorders at juvenile probation intake
JO  - American journal of public health
A1  - Wasserman, Gail A.
A1  - McReynolds, Larkin S.
A1  - Ko, Susan J.
A1  - Katz, Laura M.
A1  - Carpenter, Jennifer R.
SP  - 131
EP  - 137
VL  - 95
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0090-0036
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2003.024737
ID  - ref1
ER  -