TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2015//
TI  - Delinquency and association with behavioral disorders and substance abuse
JO  - Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992)
A1  - Dória, Gustavo Manoel Schier
A1  - Antoniuk, Sérgio Antonio
A1  - Assumpção Junior, Francisco Baptista
A1  - Fajardo, Daniele Nascimento
A1  - Ehlke, Maurício Nasser
SP  - 51
EP  - 57
VL  - 61
IS  - 1
N2  - OBJECTIVE: to determine the incidence and associations of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), conduct disorder (CD), and substance abuse disorder (SAD) in adolescents in conflict with the law in a Brazilian cohort. <br><br>METHODS: the Brazilian version of the Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia for School Aged-Children (K-SADS-PL) was administered to 69 adolescent boys who were incarcerated for 45 days in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. <br><br>RESULTS: mean age was 15.5 years (range, 12-16.9 years) and most adolescents originated from disadvantaged social classes (87%). They resided in neighborhoods on the outskirts of the city or towns in the greater metropolitan area. Truancy and low educational achievement were common, with 73.9% not currently attending school and 43.4% not having finished the 5th grade. The great majority lived in single-parent families and many had relatives who themselves had problems with the law. Psychiatric disorders were apparent in 81.1% of the subjects, with the most common disorders being CD (59.4%), SAD (53.6%), and ADHD (43.5%). Both ADHD (p <0.001) and CD (p <0.01) had significant associations with substance abuse. <br><br>CONCLUSION: in male adolescents in conflict with the law, ADHD, CD, and SAD were all found to be associated with delinquency.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0104-4230
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1806-9282.61.01.051
ID  - ref1
ER  -