TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Children and adolescents with developmental disorders and violence
JO  - International journal of circumpolar health
A1  - Ebeling, Hanna Elina
A1  - Nurkkala, Hannele
SP  - 51
EP  - 60
VL  - 61
IS  - Suppl 2
N2  - OBJECTIVES: The aim of this preliminary study was to investigate how commonly child-psychiatric inpatients have experienced and seen violence, and whether children with developmental disorders are at an increased risk for such traumatic events. METHODS: The sample consisted of 41 patients, 29 boys and 12 girls, with a mean (SD) age of 11.8 (3.2) years. Ten children had a developmental disorder, 19 an emotional disorder, 9 a behavioural disorder and 3 a psychotic disorder. The study was performed as part of the normal clinical examinations by paying special attention to violence in the lives of these patients. RESULTS: 88% of the patients had experienced some form of violence. 49% had experienced active physical violence and 49% active psychological violence. If suspected violence was also taken into account, active physical violence was more common among the patients with developmental disorders (90%) or behavioural disorders (78%) than among those with emotional disorders (37%) or psychotic disorders (67%). On the other hand, passive physical violence without active physical violence had been experienced by 37% of the patients with emotional disorders but not by the other patients. CONCLUSIONS: Violence was common among all groups of child-psychiatric inpatients. These individuals may be vulnerable to violence, as interaction with them may be especially demanding for peers and adults.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1239-9736
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -